Native American

May 22, 2025 | 3:51 PM

Tribes say the U.S. misappropriated funds to pay for Native American boarding schools

By Graham Lee Brewer/The Associated Press

July 31, 2024 | 10:11 AM

Interior Dept. concludes 3-year probe of Indian boarding schools

By Sequoia Carrillo/NPR

February 1, 2024 | 2:02 PM

The battle to change Native American logos weighs on, but some communities are reinstating them

By Brooke Schultz/ The Associated Press/Report for America

February 1, 2024 | 1:34 PM

Two Native American boys died at a boarding school in the 1890s. Now, the tribe wants them home

By Jim Salter/The Associated Press

January 19, 2024 | 4:48 PM

Pennsylvania school district votes to reinstate Native American logo criticized as insensitive

By The Associated Press

December 28, 2023 | 1:46 PM

Candlelight vigil honors those killed in Lancaster’s Conestoga massacre

About 10 people gathered behind Fulton Theatre in Lancaster Wednesday to remember the 14 members of the Conestoga tribe who were murdered by a gang of vigilante colonists on Dec. 27, 1763.

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF

November 17, 2023 | 6:07 PM

Berks County school district sued over club that’s trying to end use of mascot

A high school student from a Berks County school district is involved in a First Amendment rights lawsuit against her school. The complaint alleges that Twin Valley School District is refusing to officially recognize a school club advocating for the removal of a school mascot that is based on a stereotype of a Native American person.

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF

October 18, 2023 | 8:33 AM

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