National Museum of the American Indian | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/national-museum-american-indian/RSS feed for National Museum of the American IndianenTue, 29 Sep 2026 20:13:52 +0000After 131 Years of Being Buried in an Indian School Cemetery, a Comanche Child’s Remains Are Returned to Her Homelandshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2026/09/29/a-comanche-childs-remains-from-the-1800s-is-returned-to-her-homelands/As a child, Frances Bones was taken from her people in Indian Territory to the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where she, along with many other Native children, died. Her fate shines a light on the broader tragedy of what happened in these schoolsTue, 29 Sep 2026 20:13:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2026/09/29/a-comanche-childs-remains-from-the-1800s-is-returned-to-her-homelands/In 1680, Pueblo Natives in the Southwest Launched the First Successful, Although Short-Lived, American Revolutionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2026/09/02/pueblo-natives-southwest-launched-first-successful-shortlived-american-revolution/After enduring more than a century of suppression, the Indigenous tribes of modern-day New Mexico united to expel the Spanish colonists from their landsWed, 02 Sep 2026 15:15:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2026/09/02/pueblo-natives-southwest-launched-first-successful-shortlived-american-revolution/