Reviving race science plays into centuries of oppression. A group from the Saginaw Chippewa Reservation in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, gathers with hundreds of protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux ...

When I was growing up, my mother frequently spoke of her Native American ancestry. She claimed to be one-eighth Cherokee; and often said this qualified her to live on the reservation. I loved knowing ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient skeleton found nearly 20 years ago in a river in Washington is related to Native Americans, says a DNA study that could help resolve a long-running dispute over its ancestry ...

According to the 23andMe DNA-testing service, I have 0.1 percent West African DNA from my mother. I also have approximately 5-6 percent Native American from my mother, who is now deceased. Suggested ...

The new evidence suggests the ancient skeleton is closely related to members of a Washington state tribe. The findings are likely to rekindle an... DNA Confirms Kennewick Man's Genetic Ties To Native ...

It doesn’t look like the controversy over Elizabeth Warren’s Native American ancestry is going to end anytime soon. Making the Sunday show rounds today, Warren definitively ruled out a 2020 ...

For the first time, a tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral connection to Chaco Canyon, one of the ancient centers of Pueblo culture and society. The members of Picuris ...

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has apologized to the Cherokee Nation for her decision to release the results of a DNA test showing she has distant Native American ancestry, the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The DNA test Sen. Elizabeth Warren used to try to rebut the ridicule of President Donald Trump angered some Native Americans, who complained the genetic analysis cheapens the ...

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 ...