Adding to the tally, Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) in 2018 made history as the first openly LGBT Native American elected to Congress, defeating an incumbent Republican. Redistricting has made her ...

WASHINGTON — Native Americans comprise 3.4% of the U.S. population but hold only 0.07% of all elected offices. In 2020, a record-breaking six Native Americans were elected to Congress.

Davids joins New Mexico’s Deb Haaland, of Laguna Pueblo, to become the first Native American women to serve in Congress in its 230-year history.

But it wasn’t until 1924, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, that all Native Americans were granted sweeping access to American democracy. Up until that point, Native people had ...

Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from CQ Roll Call and the ...

WASHINGTON — The effort to gain greater legal status for a group of Native Americans in the heart of West Michigan has a renewed attempt in Washington. U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Elissa ...

Indigenous people make up 6% of Arizona’s population. The Native American vote could be pivotal in the state Biden won in 2020 by just 10,457 votes. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ...

In 2024, Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, granting Native Americans voting rights. But the fight to exercise those rights is ongoing. Skip to main content ...