May marks the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and Kansas City has plenty of events to celebrate the cultures and their people all month long. The observance originally ...

AAPI Month was officially recognized almost 50 years ago. More on the celebration of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and ...

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Lumbee Act, which recognized the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina but denied them federal benefits.

Supporters of Native mascots at schools say they are well-intended and don't cause harm. But several independent studies ...

The Native plaintiffs have won over a wide variety of allies to their case. But for some reason, the high court is dragging ...

By any measure, the revival of the bald eagle stands as one of the great environmental triumphs in conservation history. In 1963 the national bird ...

The state of New Mexico must create a remedial plan to improve K-12 education after falling short of providing an adequate ...

For Native American students, exposure to Native American mascots reduces self-esteem, their ability to imagine future ...

President Donald Trump said he is bringing Columbus Day "back," but did it ever leave? What to know about the federal holiday ...

Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October, although some cities and states have adopted Indigenous People's ...

Opinion. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the State of New York’s directive to ...

One of Trump's earliest executive actions directed the feds to find a path forward for the Lumbee tribe, with a deadline of ...