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After decades of political maneuvering through Congress and government agencies, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina may finally achieve federal recognition through the National Defense Authorization ...

India’s winter travel is growing in both volume and maturity. Earlier bookings, higher spend on experiences, and strong short-haul demand suggest a more confident, value-conscious traveler. India’s ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...

It's the story of the power of perseverance and one of the largest indigenous tribes in North America. "Out of the Sierra: A Story of Raramuri Resistance" is a labor of love based on more than a ...

DURBAN author and storyteller Kiru Naidoo has drawn on his rich tapestry of experiences in his latest book, "Durban Indians" that was launched last weekend at the Books & Chai Festival in Umhlanga. In ...

The New Deal, George Selgin suggests, did not work the way most historians claim. This economist’s eye-opening analysis shows that the increased government centralization of the 1930s rarely resulted ...

Cherokee author Vanessa Lillie's work begins with curiosity, a passion to learn about the Native nations around her and the histories that have long been overlooked. Her latest novel continues that ...

From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public ...

Anniversaries are ripe excuses for revisiting favorites. But when readers dipped back into Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" 20 years after it was originally published, sparkly vampires and teen werewolf ...