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 ...

I was hired at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 as a language professor. I relocated from Hawaii, where I had learned the Hawaiian language. When I arrived in Colorado, I decided I needed to ...

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 ...

A traveling version of the thought-provoking Smithsonian exhibition “Americans” will begin a six-year national tour in August. Based on the major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the ...

Online exhibit examines how Native code talkers used their languages to serve their country and to continue the warrior tradition during World Wars I and II. Contains a large collection of pictures, ...

Usually South Dakota has its political controversies during the legislative session or an election campaign. This year, in the dead of summer, we have a state representative’s use of the term “White ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Have you ever wondered which Native American tribes once inhabited Northwest Louisiana? If so, you might want to read the following list of towns, cities, parishes, and ...

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico last week highlighting ways they are trying to prevent chronic disease among ...