Native Americans

JACKSON, Miss. - A policy intended to achieve racial equality at a north Mississippi school has long meant that only white kids can run for some class offices one year, black kids the next.

Native American students at schools overseen by the federal Bureau of Indian Education performed significantly worse on national standardized tests in reading and math compared with those in public schools.

PHOENIX - An Arizona Indian tribe has ended a seven-year legal fight over blood samples members gave to university scientists for diabetes research that were later used to study schizophrenia, inbreeding and ancient population migration in what tribal members called a case of genetic piracy.

PHOENIX - An Arizona Indian tribe settled lawsuits alleging university scientists misused blood samples meant for diabetes research to study schizophrenia, inbreeding and ancient population migration, officials said Wednesday.