Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A utility pole stands in the middle of a marsh at sunset on Sapelo Island, Ga., a Gullah-Geechee community, May 16, 2013.

MCLOUD, Okla. (AP) — Tribal citizens whose ancestors were enslaved by members of various tribal nations in Oklahoma are experiencing improved access to Native American health care, education, and ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A judge on Tuesday approved a referendum sought by residents of one of the South's last remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants, ordering an Oct. 1 special election ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has approved a referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning changes that residents say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities.