Diane Orson is a special correspondent with Connecticut Public. She is a longtime reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things ...

PIPESTONE, MINN. — As semi-trucks roared past and an occasional freight train lumbered by on tracks parallel to the highway we marveled at how people do the same thing today that Native Americans did ...

A series of turquoise signs along southbound U.S. 89 near Tuba City, Arizona, proclaims the Navajo Nation’s resiliency. (File photo by Sierra Alvarez/Cronkite News) As Immigration and Customs ...

Native American jingle dancers and ribbon dress dancers dance in front of the site where Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents, during a healing ceremony in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 1, 2026. For ...

Nikki Love, a leader from Metro Urban Indian Directors, shares resources for Native community members at a press conference on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.

ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly detaining Native American citizens, and ignoring or refusing to treat Tribal ID cards as proof of citizenship. Just north of where ICE killed Minneapolis rights ...

The Declaration of Independence is venerated for its poetic language and universalist prologue, with the soaring, “self-evident” truth that all men have the right to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of ...

This National Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate Native Americans’ enduring contributions to our Nation’s greatness. From the earliest days of our Republic, our founding principles have ...