Native Americans

While American Indian and Alaska Native students in California have made progress in academics, persistent barriers and challenges still exist for these scholars, a report released Friday by Cal State San Marcos found.

President Joe Biden designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school site in Pennsylvania to commemorate the resilience of tribes whose children were forced to attend the school and similar abusive institutions.

President Joe Biden delivered an apology Friday for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally backed boarding schools for forced assimilation. 

An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long journey to secure voting rights.

The event at Balboa Park brings tribe members from not only San Diego County but from all over the country together.

The event at Balboa Park brings tribe members from not only San Diego County but from all over the country together. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright reports on May 11, 2024.

Rural Division Detectives with the sheriff’s department confirmed the woman was found safe and California Highway Patrol lifted the Feather Alert

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds. White House domestic policy advi

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two laws to require the California State University system and urge the University of California system to update the state on their progress to return Native American remains to tribes.

Here is a look at why it’s called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.

San Diego City College is developing a Native American and Indigenous Studies program. The school plans to offer courses in the fall semester of 2025.

San Diego City College, which is developing a Native American and Indigenous Studies department, plans to launch the program in the fall semester of 2025, according to school officials.

A towering mountain southwest of Denver has been renamed in honor of Colorado’s Indigenous people.

Amid a renewed push for answers, archeologists resume digging for student remains at the site of a former Native American boarding school.