Second Chief News Today

After a five-year break from masking, Big Queen Gina Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas Black masking Indian tribe will return to Carnival 2025.

Macon-Bibb leaders want to bring some of Tulsa's successes back home to Central Georgia. Josh Rogers with NewTown Macon says these trips help form connections.

MIAMI, Okla. — A graveside service for Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Chief Ethel Cook is set for Saturday at Ottawa Indian Cemetery.   Cook, 72, died on September 17. A direct descendant of Chief Joseph Badger King, Cook was the first woman elected to the tribe’s highest office in May 2011 and held the position […]

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe has announced the death of the first female Tribal Chief. According to the Alabama-Coushatta, Second Chief Millie Ann Thompson Williams, died on Friday in a Lufkin hospital

Millie Thompson Williams, who made history as the first woman to serve in a tribal chief position for the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, has died.

Unlike their Prairie cousins, Ontario Métis don’t have a well-documented history to assert land rights – but a court ruling gave many people incentives to try anyway. Exhibit A: The battle over this building on Pond Lake

The state of Alaska intends to intervene in a lawsuit that could block development of a gold mine in Southwest Alaska.

The number of Kuskokwim River Tribes challenging the federal permits for the Donlin Gold project in court has doubled from three to six. They say the process was flawed and that Tribal consultation was inadequate. They want the court to order the feds to take a closer look.

As the newly-inaugurated Second Chief, Millie Thompson Williams will work with the principal chief and tribal council on maintaining culture and traditions. But Williams told KERA’s Sam Baker she wants to focus on the tribal language.

The grand parade of Republic Day 2023 at Kartavya Path was special for India as the participants gave a push to the theme of Atmanirbhar Bharat by showcasing indigenously developed weapon systems.