Oklahoma congressman Tom Cole is the first Native American to chair the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee, which passes bills to fund the federal government. In a message to ...

Tom Cole, Chickasaw, is a prominent member of the Republican party and a foremost expert on Native American issues in ...

The U.S. Senate on Dec. 20 passed the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024, a bill cosponsored by Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto calling for a commission to ...