Congress now has full U.S. Indigenous representation As of Sept. 13, six Indigenous Americans are in the House of Representatives, which now has Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native ...

For the first time in 233 years, a Native American, a Native Alaskan and a Native Hawaiian are all members of the U.S. House of Representatives ...

Over the past year, the Native American community has made unprecedented strides toward achieving equal representation throughout government. The 117th Congress ushered in the largest Native ...

Bringing more Indigenous representation to Congress has been slow-going over the years. Just four years ago, Davids and now-Interior Secretary Deb Haaland became the first two Native American ...

Adding to the tally, Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) in 2018 made history as the first openly LGBT Native American elected to Congress, defeating an incumbent Republican. Redistricting has made her ...

WASHINGTON — Native Americans comprise 3.4% of the U.S. population but hold only 0.07% of all elected offices. In 2020, a record-breaking six Native Americans were elected to Congress.

In 1968, Native activists created the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, where AIM and several other Native organizations met in 1972 to write the “Twenty-Points Position Paper ...

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Members of the Klamath Tribes attend an event in honor or American Indian Heritage Month, November 6, 2022, in Klamath Falls, Oregon. (Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson/U.S. Air National Guard ) An ...

At least 170 Native American, Native Hawaiians, and Native Alaskans are on ballots this fall, an all-time high. But a group tracking Indigenous candidates says more work needs to be done.

As of Sept. 13, six Indigenous Americans are in the House of Representatives, which now has Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native members.