The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country ...

Asked to list stereotypes they had heard about themselves or other Native Americans, more than 200 middle school-age citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized nation ...

For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and governance; it was among the most prosperous parts of North America. A ...

Christopher Columbus’s three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—first landed on a beach of a small island within the Bahamas Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, on October 12, 1492. The natives called ...

It's a surprising and overlooked story, a blind spot in the narrative of early America: the hidden history of Indigenous ...

Communities across Michigan are gathering to celebrate the state's Indigenous roots this month as November marks Native American Heritage Month nationwide. Present-day Michigan is the ancestral ...

Tribal housing leaders said reauthorizing housing law that expired in 2013 would cut red tape and help address urgent housing needs on tribal lands Native American housing advocates are calling on ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Native American groups fought for years to get this city's National Football League team to change its name. Now, President Donald Trump wants to change it back to a moniker many Native ...

PENDLETON — Contestants proudly honored their heritage as they rode on horseback in full regalia during the Native American Beauty Contest in downtown Pendleton. The event was rich in tradition and ...

For the first time in East Texas, members of the Aztec, Comanche, Apache, Alabama-Coushatta, Cherokee, Choctaw, and other Native tribes came together at Mineola’s Nature Fest — a celebration of ...

Water is life, especially in the desert. The Indigenous people of the area today known as Southern Nevada know this. The Las Vegas Wash, for example, was once an important trading ground for the ...