GRAPEVINE, Texas — On the blistering September day that ended Grapefest, a wine festival in Grapevine, outside Dallas, Mayor William Tate pushed up the brim of his cowboy hat and addressed the crowd ...

Sunday, June 2nd marks 100 years since the Indian Citizenship Act passed. It’s a law that made all Native Americans born in the United States, U.S. Citizens. Before this law citizenship was based on ...

Here’s another piece of legislation to watch — HR 1011 by Rep. Marcus Richmond and others to “recognize the Cherokee Nation West and re-establish the relationship between the people of the Cherokee ...

I had never heard the term “pretendian” until The Star’s story about three KU professors who have come under fire for claiming Native American ancestry. There was a time when I was a pretendian, even ...

Residents of Coos, Curry and Douglas counties that believe they have Cherokee Indian heritage are wanted. Ancestry research is needed to verify heritage of each individual, which will come at no cost.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has apologized to Cherokee Nation leaders over her attempt to use a DNA test to confirm her past claims to Native American ancestry, the tribe said. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has tried to put a nagging controversy behind her by apologizing privately to a leader of the Cherokee Nation for her decision to take a DNA test to prove her Native American ...

University of Kansas professors Jay T. Johnson, Kent Blansett and Raymond Pierotti are accused by some of faking their Native American ancestry. But others say it’s more complicated than that. The ...

Native American watchdog group the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds (TAAF) recently demanded an apology from Hollywood producer Heather Rae over lying about her background. Fifty-six-year-old Rae, who ...

What, exactly, makes someone American Indian? Even Indians themselves don't agree as they debate the case of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, whose disputed claim of Native American identity is ...

This article was published in partnership with the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet, and the Indigenous Investigative Collective, a project of the Native American Journalists ...