Colonization has dispossessed Indigenous and Black peoples of their homelands across the continents for generations. Indigenous cosmologies,...
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Indigenous people’s languages were largely lost as a result of forced assimilation efforts. How Were Indigenous Languages...
A record of ancient tobacco smoking by hunter-gatherers of interior northwestern North America. By Dr. Shannon Tushingham...
Indigenous peoples have utilized the knowledge of medicinal plants throughout every stage of reproductive health care. Introduction...
Let us hope that indigenous urbanity is better understood as part of the U.S. past, the U.S....
“There is systemic racism, personal bias, and often a lack of understanding of jurisdiction in law enforcement.”...
European and American modern art from the 1830s through the 1940s within a global context and the...
There are rock carvings and paintings in some unexpected locations around the country. Introduction Finding petroglyphs (rock...
Their communities are not eligible for federal protection or benefits since the tribe is not federally recognized....
White settlers were encroaching upon the valley, with their eyes on the Nez Percé land gold in...
Thousands of cases of missing and murdered Native Americans remain unsolved. Introduction No one knows just how...
Oil and gas made members of the Osage Nation among the richest people in the world, and...
The Gila River Indian Community is ensuring that its members have long-term access to their own resources....
Crackdowns on Indigenous protests could further erode the free exercise of their religions. Introduction Over four days in June 2021, thousands of...
A post-petroleum transition plan. More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala...
The study of Indigenous People can create a respectful and rigorous understanding of their culture. Some classes...
With Indigenous languages, we can turn from a narrative of apocalypse—toward stewardship, protection, and love for the...
The U.S. government used family separation and schools to try to erase Native American children’s traditional cultures...
The stories of four groups of Indigenous artists using technology and art to tell their communities’ stories....
Community care is at the heart of Indigenous response. In Indian Country, there is a collective experience...
State and federal agencies are impeding tribes’ efforts to handle the pandemic themselves. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is...
Historical racial inequalities have made people of color more susceptible than whites to complications from COVID-19. By...
Water appeared at the very beginning of Cherokee cosmology. When anthropologist James Mooney published the first of...
“We’re helping other nations with billions in aid, and the Navajo are still waiting on aid.” Remi...
The Transcontinental Railroad facilitated the colonization of western territories by encouraging new settlements on Indigenous lands. The...
“The whole idea to wipe us off the face of the Earth didn’t work.” One thousand years...
Aborigines were hunter gatherers – not cultivators – so there was little intentional interference with natural selection...
The hoop is symbolic of “the never-ending circle of life.” Introduction Medicine wheels, or sacred hoops, are...
Some indigenous peoples of the Americas supported agriculturally advanced societies for thousands of years. Introduction The indigenous...
In Namibia, San people are finding ways to adapt to modern life whilst keeping their culture and...