Ira Hayes, a Pima Native American, was born in 1923 in a small adobe house in Arizona. The oldest of six children, he was said to have been quiet and reserved. Hayes was 18 when Japan declared ...

Begay, the Diné Nation member, said the House’s passage of the bill shows how support for the Native American community has extended beyond its usual bubble. “One of the issues that we have ...

TCU’s Native American Land Acknowledgment was created by the university’s Native American Advisory Circle in November 2020 and approved by the Chancellor’s Cabinet in April 2021. As a university, we ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names ... according to legislators. House Bill 1237 passed in the ...

In 2020, Provost Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg appointed Scott Langston, religion instructor and leader of Native American programs at TCU, to a newly created three-year position as liaison for Native ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A monumental bill to ban Illinois schools from using Native American names, logos, and mascots passed out of the House after a controversial debate Thursday.

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and imagery. That would include logos, team names and mascots which ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — The Illinois House of Representatives passed House Bill 1237 Tuesday, a piece of legislation that aims to prohibit Illinois K-12 schools from using a Native American ...