Thousands of cases of missing and murdered Native Americans remain unsolved. Introduction No one knows just how...
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Oil and gas made members of the Osage Nation among the richest people in the world, and...
Governments may make climate pledges, but often it’s indigenous-led movements who will see that they’re kept. Oil...
Well-meaning land acknowledgments harm more than they heal. Introduction Many events these days begin with land acknowledgments:...
Crackdowns on Indigenous protests could further erode the free exercise of their religions. Introduction Over four days in June 2021, thousands of...
Sustaining indigenous communities while experiencing another culture and another way of being. By David TuckerTour Guide in...
Australia is home to the oldest living culture in the world – the Australian Aboriginal People. The...
Scientific disciplines which study traditional medicine include herbalism, ethnomedicine, ethnobotany, and medical anthropology. Introduction Traditional medicine (also known...
The study of Indigenous People can create a respectful and rigorous understanding of their culture. Some classes...
By 10,000 years ago, humans had migrated to most habitable lands that could be reached on foot....
The stories of four groups of Indigenous artists using technology and art to tell their communities’ stories....
The tlacuilo (codex painter) tradition endured the transition to colonial culture. Introduction Aztec codices (singular codex) are...
Aztec culture had complex mythological and religious traditions. Introduction The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central...
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...
Many different groups of American Indians with distinct cultures inhabited the western region of North America. Geographic...
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...
A linguist considers whether saving languages is sentimental or critical. I met the last speaker of Naati...
Connecting faces in 19th Century photographs to their contemporary Aboriginal descendants can tell a new history. The...
People in Arctic and Northwest Coast communities are uncovering the therapeutic history of tattoos. By Joshua Rapp...
Ethnographer Daisy Bates recorded many Aboriginal languages in the early 20th century, which would otherwise be lost...
Linguists are using new technology to return decades-old recordings of near-extinct languages to the communities where they...
For decades, they’ve sustainably managed their community forest, relying on it for food, shelter and livelihoods. By...
Discussing the advantage of studying folk geographic knowledge in a cross-cultural context. Abstract This paper advocates the...
Seeking out the histories and communities that existed before Route 66 and that survive still today. By...
Academic disciplines such as mathematics can contribute through community-led partnerships with Indigenous peoples. Public universities across Canada...
For indigenous peoples, winter solstice has been a time to honor their ancient sun deity. Their rituals...
The Makahiki season is the ancient Hawaiian New Year festival, in honor of the god Lono of...