A new lidar survey of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula revealed evidence of extensive farming by Native Americans that has stunned ...

The new certificate, approved on May 1, marks a major milestone for the Indigenous community at Yale and recognition of Native American and Indigenous scholarship, professors and students said.

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state ...

“We’ve often spoken of the dearth of large group exhibitions of contemporary Native American art,” Reilly said ... The exhibition includes paintings, works on paper, photography, ceramics, beadwork, ...

A 2014 Social Science Journal paper by Jeonghun Min and Daniel Savage of Northeastern State University foreshadowed this result. Looking at 2012 exit polls, the authors determined that Native ...

The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 took effect nine months after Smith was born, recognizing Native Americans as U.S. citizens and, on paper, extending the privileges of citizenship to them.

An Army major is celebrating one year of having earned approval to wear his hair and tribe-specific regalia items in a way that honors his Native American heritage during appropriate service ...

For many prospective Native American college students, the decision to attend college often means stepping outside of tight-knit tribal communities into a university culture that may not ...

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act requires federally funded institutions to catalog, report and return Native American ancestral remains and funerary objects. With ...

Illinois lawmakers are looking to ban K-12 schools from using Native American mascots or logos. House bill 5617—sponsored by state Rep. Maurice West—would require schools to alter logos ...

New York's American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects starting Saturday, acknowledging the exhibits are "severely outdated" and contain culturally ...