Indigenous Peoples
Tens of Thousands of 12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Colombia
The images—heralded by researchers as "the Sistine Chapel of the ancients"—depict animals, humans and geometric patterns
What the Survival of the Hawaiian Language Means to Those Who Speak It
A Smithsonian curator recalls his own experience learning the native tongue
Even in the Bolivian Amazon, Average Human Body Temperature Is Getting Cooler
A new study finds the average body temperature among Bolivia’s Tsimane people dropped by nearly a full degree in just 16 years
The Inspiring Quest to Revive the Hawaiian Language
A determined couple and their children are sparking the renewal of a long-suppressed part of their ancestors' culture
How Indigenous Peoples Adapted to the Arctic's Harsh Climate
A new exhibition at the British Museum spotlights an ingenious way of life threatened by global warming
Remnants of Woodland Iroquois Village Discovered in Ontario
Excavations have unearthed 35,000 artifacts, including carbonized corn, ceramics and stone tools
Hundreds of Native American Treaties Digitized for the First Time
The National Archives has scanned more than 300 agreements between the United States and Indigenous tribes
How Humans Benefit From a Highway of Trails Created by African Forest Elephants
The paths the pachyderms make aid plants, other animals, and local people—whose way of life is threatened by the species’ decline
Five Ideas for Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020
Honor Native American ideas, make your garden a native ecosystem, read these books, or take in one of these online programs with Native guests
Portrait Project Memorializes Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
A new exhibition available to view online features 94 photographs, as well as original artwork
Newly Documented Aboriginal Rock Art Is 'Unlike Anything Seen Before'
The ancient paintings depict close relationships between humans and animals
Researchers Identify Mexican Wreck as 19th-Century Maya Slave Ship
Spanish traders used the steamboat to transport enslaved Indigenous individuals to Cuba
An A.I.-Driven 'Mayflower' Will Cross the Atlantic Next Year
The autonomous vessel's launch, originally scheduled to mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing at Plymouth, was delayed by the pandemic
Drone Imaging Reveals Pre-Hispanic 'Great Settlement' Beneath Kansas Ranch
The 164-foot-wide earthwork is the sixth ancestral Wichita "council circle" discovered in the region
Oxford Museum Permanently Removes Controversial Display of Shrunken Heads
Citing the exhibit's reinforcement of "racist and stereotypical thinking," the Pitt Rivers Museum moved a total of 120 human remains into storage
Traces of 2,000-Year-Old Banana Farm Found in Australia
The discovery contradicts conceptions of early Indigenous peoples as exclusively hunter gatherers
Cape Cod Island Opens to the Public for the First Time in 300 Years
When Sipson Island went on the luxury real estate market in 2018, locals saw an opportunity for conservation
Centuries-Old Gardening Hoes Made of Bison Bone Found in Canada
The tools provide evidence that the region's Indigenous population practiced agriculture pre-European contact
Hawaiian Chief's Cloak and Helmet Repatriated After 241 Years
A New Zealand museum initially returned the artifacts, given to Captain James Cook in 1779, on a long-term loan in 2016
Why Did the Maya Abandon the Ancient City of Tikal?
New research suggests mercury and toxic algae poisoned the settlement's reservoirs
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