Native nations often looked after their bi-ancestry relatives. Pelagie Faribault , a woman of multi-ethnic Dakota ancestry, received land through an 1820 treaty with the Dakota.

Kay LeClaire — who has claimed since 2017 to be of Native American heritage — was accused this week in an online forum of actually being white. Now, sources say, they also "passed off people's ...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison awarded a $5,000, 10-week residency to an art scholar who pretended to be of Native American descent, so the scholar could develop a "toolkit and curriculum ...

Photos of Native American dancers are displayed in a photo exhibition at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. The exhibit features photos of Native Americans taken ...

Being Native American is often viewed in the US as a race or ethnicity. The number of people who identified as American Indian and Alaska Native alone and in combination with another race in the ...