American Indian History | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/american-indian-history/RSS feed for American Indian HistoryenTue, 06 Oct 2026 14:10:50 +0000A Diver Volunteered to Clean Up Trash From a Wisconsin Lake. He Discovered a 1,000-Year-Old Dugout Canoe at the Bottom Insteadhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-diver-volunteered-to-clean-up-trash-from-a-wisconsin-lake-he-discovered-a-1000-year-old-dugout-canoe-at-the-bottom-instead-180989622/Indigenous communities near present-day Milwaukee likely hand-carved the white-oak vessel before shaping it with fire between roughly 992 and 1049 C.E.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:10:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-diver-volunteered-to-clean-up-trash-from-a-wisconsin-lake-he-discovered-a-1000-year-old-dugout-canoe-at-the-bottom-instead-180989622/Montana Built a $107 Million Museum. Its Smallest Room Says a Lot About the Thought That Went Into Designing the Spacehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/montana-built-a-107-million-museum-its-smallest-room-says-a-lot-about-the-thought-that-went-into-designing-the-space-180989453/The Montana Heritage Center in Helena has a smudge room. It is open to the public and teaches non-Native visitors why a room dedicated to the burning of cleansing materials, a practice of many Indigenous cultures, is neededMon, 14 Sep 2026 16:51:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/montana-built-a-107-million-museum-its-smallest-room-says-a-lot-about-the-thought-that-went-into-designing-the-space-180989453/