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Cheyenne and Arapaho leadership examine their treaty

What the 1865 Cheyenne Arapaho Treaty Represents About the United States' Broken Promises to Native Americans

The important document is now on view at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

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Festivals Officially Return to the National Museum of the American Indian Starting with the Cherokee Festival

Two Natives waiting for the fire fight

A Return to the Wounded Knee Occupation, 50 Years Later

Michigan Anishinaabe women April Lindala, Linda Batiste-Cohen and Michelle Reed

Christmas Across Native America

Thanksgiving from an Indigenous Perspective

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Five Ideas for Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022

Bison on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana

The Return of a National Icon

Join Us to Honor the Exceptional Military Service of Native Americans

Max Yamane Powwow Head Male Dancer

Max Hiroshi Yamane: Initiating Relationships with Native People

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National Poetry Month: An Interview With Alaskan Poet Ishmael Angaluuk Hope

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With Color and Pageantry, Denver March Powwow Signals the Season's Opening

Worth Waiting, Craig George

Romance in Indian Country

Cynthia and her husband Walter

Museum's New Director Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar Says Her Goal Is 'Listening, Being Respectful and Asking for Help'

Taffy Abel

A Forgotten Olympic First

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A Retro Look in the Archives Reveals Past Views on Language Derogatory to Native Americans

Louie and Emmalani Longenecker

The Christmas Season in Indian Country

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Native Rights Are Human Rights

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

Theresa Secord (Penobscot, b. 1958). Ear of corn basket, 2003. Maine. 26/1694. By looking at Thanksgiving in the context of living cultures, we can make the holiday a more meaningful part of teaching and learning, in school and at home.

Five Ideas to Change Teaching About Thanksgiving, in Classrooms and at Home

Coyote and Turkeys Illustration

Native Ghosts and the Supernatural

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