But what exactly is Native American Heritage Month? What does it represent and when did it start? The month is a way to honor the substantial ways the Native American people in the United States ...

Amid the holiday season, Native American Heritage Month will come to a close with Native American Heritage Day on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. "Indigenous peoples have persisted and ...

Across the country, Native American tribes are struggling to reclaim what was stolen from them over centuries: the remains of their ancestors and personal sacred items, now held in museums ...

If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. For nearly a century, since the era of silent film, Native American movies made in Hollywood has provided the primary avenue for ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A recent study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for ...

There is a common tale that American students hear about the first Thanksgiving celebration: a group of friendly Native Americans welcomed the Pilgrims to the continent, taught them how to live, and ...

One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names. In more cases than one may think, geographic names were derived from a Native American word ...

American Indians represented only one percent of the total voters surveyed, meaning that less than 300 self-identified Native American individuals were counted to represent the approximately 3.1 ...

Wilbur, who is Native American, listened. She embarked on a yearslong project photographing members of every federally recognized Native tribe in North America. In 2023, she published her ...

NEW YORK -- Ray Halbritter, representative for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York, has to travel over 200 miles to visit one of his ancestors, who is held deep in the collections of the American ...

A teary-eyed administration official solemnly draped a tribal blanket over President Biden on Monday before he announced plans to “revive” Native American languages and designate a ...

Native Americans were the inhabitants of much of North America long before the arrival of European settlers in the 15th century. Like numerous other cultures, these people had traditions that governed ...