'Redskins' takes a beating at symposium on mascots
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Redskins are taking a beating at the Smithsonian...
Street gangs hit Native American reservations
theGRIO REPORT - Native Americans live in some of the most extreme cases of rural poverty in the world and in recent years have encountered many of the same issues plaguing some of the country’s largest urban centers...
Native American roots in Black America run deep
theGRIO REPORT - Many African-Americans lay claim to Native American ancestry, and yet very few blacks have taken the steps to research this part of their history, to learn about their Native American roots and embrace the culture...
Non-traditional Thanksgiving books
POST SCRIPT'D - This week’s reading list includes a few cookbooks to help spice up your Thanksgiving menu...
Conyers accuses GOP of 'flat out attack on women'
Conyers (D-Mich.) is calling the GOP's revisions to the Violence Against Women Act -- which excludes immigrants, women of color, and Native Americans -- a 'flat out attack on women'...
Tulsa's racial history revisited in wake of shootings
OPINION - In Tulsa, Oklahoma the historic complexities in the relationship between Native Americans and whites versus African-Americans goes all the way back to the founding of the state...
Slave descendants fight to stay in Cherokee tribe
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - Nearly 3,000 people whose ancestors were enslaved by Cherokee Indians in the 1800s are fighting to keep their status as members of the tribe...
Judge tosses 1 of 2 suits over Cherokee freedmen
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed one of two lawsuits over whether black slaves once owned by members of the Cherokee Nation have the right to tribal citizenship...
Freedmen vote could sway Cherokee chief election
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Recounts from a flawed election in June reversed the results four times between the longtime chief and his challenge...
Cherokee Nation refuses US demand to reinstate black 'freedmen'
The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a letter to the Cherokee Nation on Monday demanding that the tribe reinstate the black "Cherokee Freedmen" that had been members of their group since 1866....
