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Louie and Emmalani Longenecker

The Christmas Season in Indian Country

Celebrations, memorials, and gatherings during the winter holiday season

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Native Rights Are Human Rights

Remembering the humanity of Indigenous peoples on International Human Rights Day

cover of If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, showing a Native American man watching a ship in the bay

'If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving' by Chris Newell Exposes New Truths About a Major American Holiday

Just in time for Thanksgiving, this newly released book explains the events surrounding the original feast at Plimoth – from a Native perspective.

Educator’s Blog: Land Acknowledgments as a Tool Towards Social Justice in Your Classroom

Teaching about Land Acknowledgments in Your Classroom or Community

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Native Ghosts and the Supernatural

In the new book, "Living Ghosts and Mysterious Monsters," a Native storyteller shares ancient and contemporary scary stories

Various Pride flags (rainbow, transgender, equality, LGBTQ+ people of color, and love rainbow) displayed alongside the Navajo Nation flag in Window Rock, Arizona. (Photo by Pamela J. Peters (Diné)/Táchii’nii Photography, used with permission)

LGBTQIA+ Pride and Two-Spirit People

We Are Not Separate from Our Communities: LGBTQIA+ Pride and Two-Spirit People

The National Native American Veterans Memorial at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. to Reopen May 21

Last chance to see the popular exhibition "The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire," before it closes later this summer

Mitchelene BigMan with fellow members of the Native American Warriors. (Photo courtesy of NMAI)

National Women's History Month: Mitchelene BigMan

An interview with Native American Veteran Mitchelene BigMan.

Deb Haaland speaks at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the National Native American Veterans Memorial, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Paul Morigi/AP Images for Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

Reactions From Indian Country to Deb Haaland's Confirmation as Secretary of the Interior

On Monday, March 15, 2021, Deb Haaland (Laguna and Jemez Pueblos) was confirmed as the first Native American Secretary of the Interior.

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