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One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names. In more cases than one may think, geographic names were derived from a Native American word or ...

WOLF POINT, Mont. – Louise Smith sits at her daughter’s dining room table on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, poring over photographs and newspaper clippings – the everyday scraps that weave a ...

One of my patients who lives in Diné Bikéyah, the vast Navajo reservation in New Mexico, sleeps in an old Ford pickup truck that often doesn’t start. He has heart failure and relies on oxygen. But ...

Hisle, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, said she's lost six ...

The Onondaga have asked an international commission to find that the United States violated a treaty guaranteeing the nation 2.5 million acres of land. Sidney Hill serves as Tadodaho, the spiritual ...

Paula Peters remembers learning about the pilgrims' arrival in North America in elementary school, the backstory behind Thanksgiving Day. As the teacher explained how "friendly Indians" came to help ...

Over the past few years, Indigenous film and television have finally started to break through on mainstream platforms, and the National Museum of the American Indian’s annual Native Cinema Showcase ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 29: Members of the Wampanoag Nation ...

The government actively worked to separate Native American families through boarding schools and forced adoptions. Check out the documentaries below to begin your learning journey on this traumatic ...