A woman holds Pope Francis’ head during his meeting with representatives of indigenous peoples at the Vatican...
Native Americans
Sam Oozevaseuk Schimmel, 18, has grown up in both Alaska and Washington state. He is an advocate...
Cherokee Heritage Museum / Photo by Wesley Fryer, Wikimedia Commons How many Native Americans died on the...
By Dr. Susan Stebbins Professor of Cultural Anthropology State University of New York at Potsdam Introduction When...
Basketry bowl with checkerboard and arrow head motif / Mint Museum Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh /...
Overview of Pueblo Bonito / Photo by John Wiley, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. P. Scott Corbett, et.al. Professor...
In the 19th century, federal policy shifted from a policy of extermination and displacement to assimilation. The...
Sculptural ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a dog, c. 100-800 C.E., Moche, Peru, 180 mm high (Museo...
By Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank / 08.09.2015 Assistant Professor of Art History Pepperdine University Wanted: stunning view Cliff dwellings, Ancestral...
Photo by Ivor Molleema, Florida Department of State In an unprecedented discovery, archaeologists identify a site where...
Direct genetic traces of the earliest Native Americans have been identified for the first time in a...
Wakeah Jhane’s mother and little sister in family heirloom cradleboard / Photo provided by Wakeah Jhane Native women...
“Greg is the first Native man I ever heard talk in such depth about what happened to...
By Dr. E.M. Rose / 11.21.2017 Visiting Fellow, Department of History Harvard University Two of the most...
Bessie Black Horn created the Many Hands shirt around 1910 to commemorate the “multiple handshakes” that her...
To Hopi traditionalists—Hopis who practice traditional culture—the humble one-seed juniper tree has deep cultural meaning. / Photo...
Colorado River. AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File By Dr. Rosalyn R. LaPier / 10.08.2017 Associate Professor of Environmental Studies...
The family story Perline Boyattia grew up with said her ancestors were Cherokee Indians. Her oral history...
Ayahuasca vine / Photo by Paul Hessell, Flickr, Creative Commons By Christina Callicott / 03.04.2017 PhD Student...
Kumeyaay coiled basket, woven by Celestine Lachapa, 19th century / Photo by Durova (Wikimedia Commons), San Diego Museum...
People at the United Tribes Technical College Powwow are photographed as an ambrotype in 2016. The crowd...
Huckleberries / Creative Commons Forced assimilation destroyed most nations’ diets, but now Native youth are learning to...
Cofán Dureno indigenous activist in the Ecuadorean Amazon. / Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons By Dr. Jorge...
An activist at a protest rally at the White House against the Dakota Access and Keystone XL...
The Kaminaljuyú clay figurine from the Middle to late Preclassic (1500 BC – 150 AD). (Kaminal Juyú...
Tonto Polychrome jar / Dallas Museum of Art By Guity Novin / 03.23.2014Graphic Designer, Artist The graphic...
By Mark Sorensen / 03.07.2017 The Power of Human Connection Forty years ago, I moved to the...
Photograph of Geronimo kneeling with his rifle, by Ben Wittick, 1887 / Wikimedia Commons In 1906, Geronimo...
A woman holds Pope Francis’ head during his meeting with representatives of indigenous peoples at the Vatican...
Road Canyon Citadel. Photo from Bureau of Land Management / Flickr. By permanently protecting an area rich in...