Discover the surveillance of Indigenous activists opposing a lithium mine in Nevada, raising concerns about civil liberties ...

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.

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

This summer, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival returns to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with a tribute to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Titled “Indigenous Voices of ...

On Monday, October 12, 14 states and the District of Columbia, more than 130 cities, and growing numbers of schools will observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day. If you and the young people in your life ...

Long before Houston's skyscrapers and suburbs, tribes like the Karankawa and Atakapa lived here, shaped the land and were violently displaced over centuries.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster presents Joshua Shumak with the Order of the Palmetto for his work as the Native American ...

So genetics can show us, for example, that the first peoples of the Americas are the direct ancestors of present-day Indigenous peoples. I mean, that’s one fundamental thing. But it can also in ...

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 is a national holiday to celebrate Native American customs and heritage. The holiday was first recognized in 2021 by the Biden administration . This was the first ...

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 ...

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 ...