New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk losing federal funding ...

The New York State Education Department shot back forcefully Friday, calling the federal action a "sham" and "political theater." ...

in addition to its duty to carry out the mandates of federal law with respect to American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages,” Sharpe said. More than 18,000 children, some as young as ...

Earlier administrations investigated whether Native American school mascots were discriminatory. The Trump administration defends them, reflecting a broader shift. By Troy Closson A New York ...

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief ... Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Trump ally who ...

Her name is Shawnee and she’s 29 years old. Native people are familiar with brutality, with our histories. We bear witness firsthand, and then again via media reports articulating how bad we ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York education officials won’t rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing ...

A total of $320,000 of grant funding is awarded to 25 Native American businesses around Montana ... $14,000 to purchase kitchen equipment. Chippewa Cree Dusty Welding will receive $5,600 to ...

But Nygren and other Navajo leaders said cuts to federal health programs outside the Indian Health Service are hurting Native Americans. "You're disrupting real lives," Cherilyn Yazzie ...

The Department of Education (DOE) has found that two New York agencies violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act after they banned Native American-inspired mascots and logos, a finding uncovered ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York education officials won’t rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing ...