For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, the United States government and Christian denominations operated boarding schools ...
Just a month after a Tiverton man won the right to wear an Apache headband at the Adult Correctional Institutions, the state Department of Correction is facing yet another lawsuit accusing officials ...
Editor’s note: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of 17th-century ...
The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration announced the transfer of land back to the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake ...
The first sweat lodge ceremony in a Maine prison happened May 18, 2007, at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren. A year ...
(WJAR) — Three inmates of Native American ancestry are suing Rhode Island’s prison system, claiming their religious rights are being violated by not being allowed to participate in ceremonies and have ...