As our nation marks 250 years, the "First America" podcast uncovers an overlooked chapter of our nation’s founding, told ...

Long before Europeans arrived, North America was shaped by powerful civilizations built on trade, agriculture, and warfare. Climate shifts, internal conflict, and changing technology fractured these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fort Pitt Museum takes visitors on an exploration of the history and culture of American Indian tribes who once called Western ...

PART 1:ACCULTURATION: 1. Vogt, Evon Z.; The acculturation of American Indians -- 2. Balikci, Asen; Some acculturative trends among Eastern Canadian Eskimos [Inuit ...

This article is part of Native News Online’s America 250: A Republic Built on Native Land initiative. As the United States ...

Tucked within the expansive Native American halls of the American Museum of Natural History is a diminutive wooden doll that holds a sacred place among the tribes whose territories once included ...

Leoneda Inge talks to Virginia Tech education professor Dr. Brittany Hunt about teaching Native American history. UNC Chapel ...

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

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Caves at Grimes Point, Nevada, near the discovery site of the Spirit Cave mummy (2010) (photo by psyberartist/Flickr) In a release, US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell stated: Returning the ...