According to the 23andMe DNA-testing service, I have 0.1 percent West African DNA from my mother. I also have approximately 5-6 percent Native American from my mother, who is now deceased. I have a ...

Indigenous Peoples Day is a movement of recognition for the havoc brought upon Native American communities by European colonization. The day is not an officially recognized holiday under U.S. Federal ...

Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary. Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first ...

Most Americans can count on one hand the Indigenous Americans who they know contributed to the colonial history of this land—perhaps Sacagawea, Geronimo, Pocahontas, or Sitting Bull. However, the ...

Big Chief Demond Melancon wears his Red Cloud suit amongst other members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal Street stopped ...

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art highlights its latest acquisitions of works by Native American artists in a new exhibition celebrating the intergenerational expressions of Indigenous ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cardinals from around the world are preparing for what will be the largest papal conclave in history, and the first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic ...

Many ethnic groups moved rightward in the 2024 election, and Native Americans are among them. Seventeen counties with majority-Native American populations swung toward President-elect Donald Trump by ...

Within the United States, the experience of homelessness has been consistently recognized as a growing issue that needs more attention. According to a report done by the United States Department of ...

Writer Kate Nelson and chef Sean Sherman travel to meet the people spotlighting and preserving Indigenous culinary traditions ...