Before 1983, the 580-member Kickapoo Indian tribe lived beneath the International Bridge that links Eagle Pass with Mexico. Its members were for the most part uneducated and lived in grinding poverty.

This story was published in partnership with The Guardian. Texas, which exterminated or displaced most of the Indigenous people in the state, now wants to cash in on them. While lawmakers support ...

BLOOMINGTON - In the fall of 1906, McLean County resident Milo Custer spent nearly two weeks at the Kickapoo Indian reservation in northeast Kansas. His interest in the Kansas Kickapoo lay in the fact ...

A special interest's lobbying activity may go up or down over time, depending on how much attention the federal government is giving their issues. Particularly active clients often retain multiple ...