Native Americans are showing increased interest nationwide in building schools that instill in their children a deeper understanding of their tribal culture and connection to the environment.

GRANDE RONDE RESERVATION, Ore. -- To Tony Johnson, the Chinook jargon widely spoken by his ancestors was not a second-class language used for trade but a language of tribal rituals, family gatherings ...

JOHANNESBURG - An ox will be slaughtered, the deceased will be wrapped in a leopard skin and a family elder will keep talking to the body's spirit. The state funeral for Nelson Mandela on Sunday will ...

Art Martinez, a clinical psychologist and member of the Chumash Tribe, helped run an American Indian youth ceremonial camp.

MANILA (Reuters Life!) - Members of the Hanunuo Mangyan tribe in the Philippines do not leave their dead in the grave for long, digging up the remains of loved ones in an unusual revival ritual that ...

TUBA CITY, Ariz. – Tribal members around Arizona are taking advantage of a new state policy that makes it easier to get a birth certificate for the first time later in life. The Arizona Department of ...