Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told a Senate panel Wednesday that "Indian education is embarrassing" as she laid out her priorities on issues affecting Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Full story
When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs. Full story
The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white with black stripes, and a stuffed crow on his head. Full story
A Native American group is clashing with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and state officials over logging at a site in Northern California. Full story
A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and hundreds of gravesites — many belonging to Native Americans massacred more than a century earlier. Full story
Some residents in northern Colorado are upset with an anti-gun control message built around a historic photo of Native Americans featured on a billboard. KUSA’s Dave Delozier reports.
The Washington Post’s Nia-Malika Henderson and MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor respond to a controversial comment from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, about domestic violence on tribal lands – as the House GOP moves to vote on a watered down version of the bill.
Deborah Parker, vice chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes in Washington state, joins Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about how House Republicans are working to exclude Native American women from receiving protection under the Violence Against Women Act.
Pop group No Doubt has removed the video for its single “Looking Hot” after receiving complaints from fans and the Native American community that the wild west-themed video was offensive
Melissa Harris-Perry responds to a video depicting staffers of Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown making offensive actions against Native Americans. Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian joins to react.
Rachel Maddow shares video of staffers and supporters of Senator Scott Brown mocking Native Americans with hoots and gestures as a means of taunting Brown's opponent, Elizabeth Warren.
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrive at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III passes against the Baltimore Ravens in the second half of their NFL football game in Landover, Maryland in this file photo taken December 9, 2012. The pro football Washington Redskins' team name is part of underlying U.S. racism that has stereotyped
