UW boosts Native American enrollment

Enrollment figures from the University of Wisconsin System show many more Native Americans are going to college. But their retention and graduation rates lag behind the overall student population.

Is Elizabeth Warren Native American or What?

The Democratic Senate candidate can't back up family lore that she is part Indian -- but neither is there any evidence that she benefited professionally from these stories.

Native American Contractors Association Publishes Economic Impact Study

A comprehensive study on the Benefits of the Native 8(a) program  WASHINGTON, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Native American Contractors Association ("NACA") released its 2011 Economic Impact Study, which will serve as a valuable guide for federal agencies,...

Native American women seek protections from abuse

Diane Millich's ex-husband was never arrested for any of the more than 100 times he slapped, kicked or punched her before showing up at her Colorado workplace and firing a 9 mm pistol, wounding the co-worker who pushed her out of the way.

Elizabeth Warren's Native American Story Won't Go Away

Google Alerts didn't exist in 1997, but is it really possible Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren didn't know Harvard Law School was calling her the "first woman of color" it hired? That's how she was described in a Fordham Law Review article 15 years ago, Politico's Maggie Haberman reports. The article was specifically about female minorities, so it's not like if Warren happened ...