Most land acknowledgments don’t end with the suggestion that the displaced are smiling down from heaven, grateful for what ...

Many Native American languages are endangered. With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Michigan hopes to help preserve ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States live nearly four years less than ...

Some Native nations are skipping America 250 festivities. Others are showing up to explain their side of history.

Native American Indians are committed to making Indigenous Peoples Day a national holiday in 2024. Dennis Zotigh U.S. President Joe Biden hands a signing pen to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as he ...

Voters in 25 states will have the opportunity to elect or reelect an Indigenous candidate to public office this year. At least 170 Native American, Native Hawaiians, and Native Alaskans are on ballots ...

More than a story, more than one history, Oklahoma's role in the chronicles of America cannot be understood without the narratives of Native America.

Big Chief Demond Melancon wears his Red Cloud suit amongst other members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal Street stopped ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian returns to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Aug. 15–18 for its Native Cinema Showcase. The museum’s 24th annual celebration of the best in Indigenous film ...

Virgil Ortiz, “Incubators” (2016), high fire clay vessels, underglazes, acrylic paint with corning glass tendrils (image courtesy Virgil Ortiz, photograph by ...

Critics say the “pretendians” take positions from Native Americans, betray their students and potentially commit research fraud. UC has launched a “fact-finding mission” into the issue. For years, ...