The captivating reintroduction of six bison in a forest preserve has deeper meaning to Indigenous people and advocates of ...

Modern DNA kits make it easy to learn where your ancestors came from—just order a test, swab your cheek, and mail it to a lab ...

Opening statements have begun in the trial for Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of ...

In all of our American archetypes, from the pioneer to the slave holder, to the union man and the capitalist, there is always an insecurity that perhaps we do not belong. Are we heroes or impostors ...

Danny Glaze died in prison, trying to prove his innocence in the murders of three Native American women killed in Minneapolis ...

If you dig deep enough, you would discover the legend of a huge, hair-covered creature living in the wild has been around for centuries, all over the world, including Nevada.

Government agencies inevitably turn enforcement responsibilities into opportunities to extend the security state. Every initiative to document, monitor, track, or otherwise spy on Americans starts ...

Police say Robert Eugene Brashers, who killed four girls in Austin’s 1991 yogurt shop murders, has been linked to a 1998 Kentucky cold case through DNA.

VAN WERT — The Ohio Supreme Court on Dec. 23 declined to hear an appeal in the case of John Spirko, charged in the 1982 murder of a Van Wert County postmistress. The high court’s ruling means that ...

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing. So far, around 40 million people worldwide have used direct-to-consumer genetic ...

As President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown continues, one community says they've felt unfairly targeted. This year, the Navajo Nation said dozens of Native Americans have been questioned or ...

It’s fairly natural to want to learn more about one’s origin, so ever since the first direct to consumer ancestry tests became available in the 2000s, people have turned to them for answers. But as is ...