Why We Serve honors the generations of Native Americans who have served in the armed forces of the United States—often in extraordinary numbers—since the American Revolution. For some, the Indigenous ...

According to the 2020 Census, Americans who identify as having Indigenous or Native American heritage increased from 5.2 million in 2010 to 9.6 million in 2020.

More than 5 million Native Americans live in the United States as members of 574 federally recognized and 63 state-recognized tribes. That number is projected to rise to 10 million people by 2060.

F or thousands of years, Native Americans have been in the land that’s now known as the United States of America. And yet, their history is still new to most Americans. In fact, the first ...

The issues affecting Indigenous peoples, who didn’t become U.S. citizens until 1924, are rooted in a legacy of colonization and displacement within the United States, says Randall Akee, a professor of ...

The great majority of them live in the Southern and Western states, though each U.S. state has an Indigenous population, and seven states have more than 100,000 Native Americans.

Why the Very First Treaty Between the United States and a Native People Still Resonates Today The Treaty With the Delawares, signed in 1778, has arrived at the National Museum of the American Indian ...

Questions about whether Native Americans born in the United States have birthright citizenship if they aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. — such as if they live on sovereign ...

Yet tribal warrior traditions, treaty commitments with the United States, and responsibility for defending Native homelands have also inspired the enduring legacy of Indigenous military service. Why ...

STACKER —More than 5 million Native Americans live in the United States as members of 574 federally recognized and 63 state-recognized tribes. That number is projected to rise to 10 million by 2060.