In Mexico, too, indigenous consciousness appears to be gaining momentum, nearly a decade after the Zapatista uprising that first brought worldwide attention to the plight of Mexico’s native peoples.

Monday is becoming increasingly known as Indigenous Peoples' Day, a commemoration of Native American history and culture.. While the second Monday in October has historically been celebrated as ...

Native Land Digital, a Canadian nonprofit, offers resources for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to learn more about the land and its history. It hopes its map will be just a part of that journey.

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a holiday that came about as an alternative to Columbus Day — is a chance to reflect on how the US has treated Indigenous people and fight for a better future.

Reséndez, a professor of history at the University of California, Davis, estimates between 2.5 million and 5 million Indigenous people were enslaved from 1491 to 1900.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day advocates say the recognition helps correct a “whitewashed” American history that has glorified Europeans, such as Columbus, who have committed violence against Indigenous ...

FILE – Women drummers sing as they lead a march during an Indigenous Peoples Day event, Oct. 9, 2017, in Seattle. Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience ...

Turquoise Alerts aimed to call attention to missing Indigenous people. But the first alert in Arizona involved a White girl.

Push for Indigenous Peoples Day comes on Italian American Heritage Day, Columbus Day 02:22. By Courtney Cole, WBZ-TV. BOSTON -- The second Monday of every October is one that is both celebratory ...

Indigenous people have often been erased from the country's historical record — a survey from the National Congress of American Indians found that 87% of state history standards don't mention ...

(CNN) — For centuries, the US celebrated Christopher Columbus as the intrepid explorer who discovered the Americas — a symbol of the American ideals of entrepreneurship and innovation.