Race and ethnicity

A Navajo horsewoman carries a U.S. flag as she waits for the start of the Western Navajo Fair opening ceremony in Tuba City, Ariz., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Native people were first recognized as U.S. citizens 100 years ago, but Arizona prevented them from exercising their right to vote until 1948. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A Navajo horsewoman carries a U.S. flag as she waits for the start of the Western Navajo Fair opening ceremony in Tuba City, Ariz., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Native people were first recognized as U.S. citizens 100 years ago, but Arizona prevented them from exercising their right to vote until 1948. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Elections

Native voters could swing US elections, but they’re asking politicians: What have you done for us?

OCT. 30, 2024

The sun rises over a bicycle covered in snow at the edge of the village in Kaktovik, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
The sun rises over a bicycle covered in snow at the edge of the village in Kaktovik, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Elections

The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages

OCT. 29, 2024

A dancer performs on Indigenous Peoples Day Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)
A dancer performs on Indigenous Peoples Day Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

Elections

Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election

OCT. 14, 2024

Hickory Ground Tribe vs Tribe
Robyn Soweka Sr., of Hickory Ground Tribal Town, right, describes a tribal challenge issued to the Poarch Band, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Wetumoka, Ala. At left is George Thompson, who is the Mekko, a ceremonial leader, of Hickory Ground in the Muscogee Nation. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Casinos

A bitter fight between two tribes over sacred land where one built a casino

SEPT. 24, 2024

Election 2024-AP Poll-Hispanics-Religion
FILE - Spanish language voting stickers which read "He Votado Hoy" ("I Voted Today") are offered at a polling place in Philadelphia, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Abortion

Most Hispanic Americans support abortion access: AP-NORC poll

SEPT. 23, 2024

Contaminated Land Tribes Seek Answers
The Duck Valley Indian Reservation that straddles the Nevada-Idaho border is shown on March 15, 2024, in Owyhee, Nev. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Race and ethnicity

AP gets invitation from tribe that fears the further contamination of its land

SEPT. 20, 2024

New Zealand Maori
People walk past the name of Victoria University of Wellington, written in English and Maori languages as New Zealand celebrates its annual Maori language week in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte GrahamMcLay)

Indigenous rights

Seen abroad as a leader on Indigenous rights, New Zealand enters a divisive new era

SEPT. 18, 2024

Lithium Drilling Arizona Tribe
Zoe Perry, left, and Loveena Watahomiegie, right, as they join other members of the Hualapai Tribe while marching in front of U.S. District Court as they gathered to try to persuade a federal judge to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near tribal lands Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Mining

US judge unlikely to rule until next week as Arizona tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling

SEPT. 18, 2024

Climate Amazon Indigenous Reforestation
An Ashaninka Indigenous man applies face paint during the annual celebration recognizing the Ashaninka territory in the Apiwtxa village, Acre state, Brazil, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Amazon

The Amazon’s Ashaninka tribe restored their territory. Now they aim to change the region

SEPT. 12, 2024

Jaguars Dolphins Football
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill speaks during an NFL football post game news conference, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Dolphins defeated the Jaguars 20-17. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Race and ethnicity

Tyreek Hill’s traffic stop revives discussion about the realities faced by Black drivers

SEPT. 10, 2024

Reckoning Education Discipline
18-year-old Zaire Byrd poses for a photo, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Education

Education team caps back-to-school month package that drove conversation

SEPT. 6, 2024

Germany Far Right Racism
Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building where he and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany

Being Black in Germany has never been easy. Elections in eastern states could make it harder still

AUG. 27, 2024

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