The first Native American women will assume office as a state governor and member of the U.S. Senate.

Deb Haaland of New Mexico will be the nation’s first woman Native American governor, while Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s next ...

Deb Haaland and Peggy Flanagan have made history in the U.S. midterm elections, becoming the first Native American woman ...

Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) added another “first” to her résumé on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, when she became the first ...

Voters on Tuesday night elected the first Black female governor, the first Native American female governor and the first ...

Deb Haaland in New Mexico and Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota are projected to reach offices never before held by Native American ...

Native people inhabited the land that would become the United States long before the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But it wasn’t until 1924, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, ...

The 2024 elections in the U.S. highlighted the growing impact of Native American voters, especially in swing states such as Arizona. Home to 22 tribes, Native voters played a key role in that state’s ...

In Latter-day Saint theology, some ancient American prophets are believed to have appeared as angelic messengers, including Moroni, the figure said to have directed church founder Joseph Smith to the ...

The Laguna Pueblo member and a former secretary of the Interior easily defeated Republican Gregg Hull in New Mexico.

America did not begin in 1776. It did not begin with the Pilgrims. Long before European settlement, Native nations had governments, diplomacy, agriculture, trade networks, spiritual traditions, land ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Native American groups fought for years to get this city's National Football League team to change its name. Now, President Donald Trump wants to change it back to a moniker many Native ...