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 ...

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. I have a ...

A landmark genomic study of 199 Indigenous Americans has revealed a previously unknown Asian 'ghost' lineage, dubbed Ypykuéra, that contributed to both Indigenous American and Australasian ancestry.

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 ...

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test that shows "strong evidence" she has Native-American heritage, a ...