Native American tribes across the West are trying — and in more and more cases succeeding — in getting ancestral lands back.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the U.S., there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native entities, according to the U.S.

Last month, the state of California took an extraordinary stride toward righting the historical wrongs committed against California Native American tribes. In a historic land transfer, the state of ...

ON THE KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. (AP) — As a youngster, Barry McCovey Jr. would sneak through metal gates and hide from security guards just to catch a steelhead trout in Blue Creek amid northwestern ...

The Wampanoag are a Native American tribe that has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for over 10,000 years. The Wampanoag did eventually help the Pilgrims, but it was a ...

It seems appropriate on Thanksgiving weekend, when settlers sat down and broke bread with the indigenous people of America, to talk about the contributions from Native American tribes during the Eaton ...

A Native American tribe that was displaced by the establishment of Yosemite National Park is getting part of its lands back. The land transfer, from Pacific Forest Trust, is considered a major ...

Firefighters from the Klamath Tribes Native American nation are facing the challenges of battling wildfires in densely populated settings. They're helping crews from all over North America fight fires ...