Federal recognition for the nation’s ninth largest Native American tribe has gotten a nod from second-term Republican ...

For the fifth Congress in a row, a bill that would place 76 acres of land, containing several Cherokee historic sites in ...

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum outlining a path for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to receive federal recognition, something the tribe has sought for 136 years.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior Department to help.

The concept of restored lands states that a tribe should be considered for gaming rights if its federal recognition was ...

Christopher Tiedeman, a Tuba player, are members of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band that is performin ...

The Potawatomi Indians once occupied much of the Great Lakes region, but they were gradually displaced by growing European settlements. In 1829, the Treaty of Prairie du Chien granted the Prairie Band ...

The opening day of a new Congress is usually electric — noisy ... offered a motion to oust the Speaker. A small band of eight Republicans joined with all House Democrats in adopting the motion ...

Congress has completed the count of electoral college votes, with Vice President Mike Pence declaring President-elect Joe Biden the winner early Thursday morning. Congress completed their count of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Vice President Kamala Harris oversaw the certification by Congress of President-elect Donald Trump as the ...

In 2013, Congress affirmed that President Barack Obama won the election on Jan. 4, rather than on Jan. 6, which was a Sunday. What is the Electoral Count Reform Act, and what's different about Jan ...