Yahoo Native American News (result of search so some non-native news may exist)

ASHEVILLE — The Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights was going to walk right through Asheville until a last-minute change of plans landed them in Pritchard Park.

A group of influential minority legal associations passed a resolution last year calling on law schools to require “sufficient documentation of Native American citizenship” to prevent “academic ethnic fraud” from law school applicants. The issue has become a heated topic in the Massachusetts Senate race, as Republicans have questioned why Harvard Law School at one time promoted Elizabeth Warren ...

U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American heritage seem uneasy to swallow. But why? What does it take to be considered an ethnic minority, and what does the controversy say about the way we judge ethnic backgrounds?

Bile Farah's story is like the quintessential American Dream. The Somali native left his war-to

Google Alerts didn't exist in 1997, but is it really possible Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren didn't know Harvard Law School was calling her the "first woman of color" it hired? That's how she was described in a Fordham Law Review article 15 years ago, Politico's Maggie Haberman reports. The article was specifically about female minorities, so it's not like if Warren happened ...

US Senator Scott Brown has turned questions over Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s claims of Native American ancestry into a key strategy, to the exclusion of nearly all others, in his bid to retain his Senate seat. Almost every day for more than two weeks, the Brown campaign, or a Republican surrogate, has highlighted the latest bit of news to emerge on the subject, often citing articles on ...

"You know, I’m proud of my Native American heritage."

Diane Millich's ex-husband was never arrested for any of the more than 100 times he slapped, kicked or punched her before showing up at her Colorado workplace and firing a 9 mm pistol, wounding the co-worker who pushed her out of the way.

Sen. Scott Brown's campaign again pressed rival Elizabeth Warren to release her full academic records as she and fellow Democrats tried to shift the conversation to Mr. Browns support from New York City donors.

Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American ancestry have stirred up controversy in her campaign for a U.S. Senate seat, with an opponent's campaign accusing her of illegitimately claiming Cherokee ancestry to take advantage of affirmative action policies -- a charge Warren has refuted.

The saga continues: is she or is she not a Native American?

With Republican Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown still running even against Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, the controversy surrounding Warren’s claims of Native American heritage could imperil liberal hopes of winning back the seat once occupied by Ted Kennedy.

On Saturday, a group of Native American graduates received eagle feathers during a commencement ceremony at Western Dakota Tech.

(Springfield, MO) -- Native American history buffs will want to see a special show in Springfield this weekend.

Before the rain moved into Albuquerque Friday afternoon, some Native American elementary students raced drag cars they built with solar technology.

Before the rain moved into Albuquerque Friday afternoon, some Native American elementary students raced drag cars they built with solar technology.

(Spiro, OK)--A piece of prehistoric Native American pottery turns up at a Goodwill donation center in western New York. The vase was originally found at an archeological site in Oklahoma.

The estimated 2.7 million Native Americans living in federally recognized tribal areas have to contend with problems like unemployment, alcoholism, sexual abuse, and suicide. Now a UN report is investigating the conditions of Native Americans in the U.S. Host Michel Martin speaks with S. James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on indigenous peoples.

A comprehensive study on the Benefits of the Native 8(a) program

(CNN) – Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who's running to keep his seat representing Massachusetts, on Tuesday called for Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren to release confidential documents to show whether or not she claimed her Native American roots on job applications. "The best way to satisfy these questions is for Elizabeth Warren to authorize the release [...]