The first encounters between European settlers and Native Americans are captured on a wood engraving in this 1888 image. DigitalVision Vectors For the third year, the United States will officially ...

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

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 ...

LEHI — Chauma Kee-Jansen, who heads Lehi-based American Indian Services, thinks Native American culture and history merit more attention in U.S. history books and classes. "Native American culture ...

Perhaps the biggest myth about history in our culture is that history remains static, and historical myths tend to be believed by everyone, even if they aren't true. Like any other ...

The U.S. Department of Education said Native Hawaiian, American Indian and Alaska Native history will not be categorized as “diversity, equity and inclusion ” or “critical race theory ” under the ...

When River Kerstetter was asked about three years ago to help curate an exhibit at the Newberry Library about Native Americans and pop culture called “Native Pop!,” she said getting involved with the ...

Some Native Americans celebrate Thanksgiving by taking the opportunity to gather with loved ones and focus on gratitude. Others consider it a day for mourning because it perpetuates the myth that ...

There's a history of forced experimentation on Native communities. Navajo medicine man Timothy Lewis starts each day with a corn pollen seed offering to the creator. He prays for his family and the ...