Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left little trace. Unlike tools or bones, games rarely ...

Freshwater mussels are the kind most people don't even know exist. They live for decades—more than a century in some cases.

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the ...

A new study claims Native Americans have been using dice to gamble and explore probability for more than 12,000 years.

Justice Neil Gorsuch pressed the government on its argument that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause requires a child’s parents to be lawful permanent residents to obtain birthright citizenship.

WASHINGTON — In a moment that could take on new significance almost 150 years later, Omaha election official Charles Wilkins on April 5, 1880, refused to register John Elk to vote on the grounds that ...

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program," on Feb. 10, 2026 (Source: ...

The recipes that define the Bay Area’s food scene are often handed down through generations of immigrant families, across borders and over seas. But Oakland Indigenous chef Crystal Wahpepah, owner of ...

Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After decades of criticism from Indigenous communities, the Golden-based Westernaires will end their program that teaches and portrays Native American ...

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