The Indigenous Americans Who Visited Europe
A new book reverses the narrative of the Age of Discovery, which has long evoked the ambitions of Europeans looking to the Americas rather than vice versa
Ninety-Six Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2022
The year’s most exciting discoveries included hidden portraits by Cézanne and van Gogh, sarcophagi buried beneath Notre-Dame, and a medieval wedding ring
Inside the Nisga’a Nation’s Fight to Get a 36-Foot Totem Pole Back From Scotland
National Museums Scotland agreed to repatriate the object, which was stolen in 1929, following an in-person appeal by an Indigenous delegation
Officials Rename Popular Grand Canyon Site to Honor Havasupai Tribe
The National Park Service forcibly removed members of the tribe from the area in the 1920s
Harvard Museum Pledges to Return Hair Samples of 700 Native American Children
The samples come from students who were forced to attend government-run boarding schools
Massachusetts Museum Returns Wounded Knee Artifacts to Sioux Tribes
A ceremony on Saturday marked the conclusion of a long repatriation process
A Long-Deserved Tribute to Native American Veterans
A ceremonial procession kicked off a weekend of events to dedicate the National Native American Veterans Memorial
Have Women Ever Run a Native American Nation? And More Questions From Our Readers
You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts
How Would Crazy Horse See His Legacy?
Perhaps no Native American is more admired for military acumen than the Lakota leader. But is that how he wanted to be remembered?
Nicole Mann Becomes the First Native American Woman in Space
She is the mission commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission that will spend five months on the International Space Station
Archaeologists Dig Up 1,400-Year-Old Native American Canal in Alabama
The nearly mile-long structure allowed inhabitants to paddle to rich fishing grounds and access trade routes
Hundreds of Federal Sites Officially Drop Racial Slur From Their Names
The Interior Department is renaming locations across the country to remove the derogatory word for Native American women
Indigenous Rights Activist Sacheen Littlefeather Dies at 75
Marlon Brando sent her to decline his Best Actor award in protest over Hollywood’s depiction of Native Americans
3,000-Year-Old Dugout Canoe Recovered From Wisconsin Lake
Archaeologists believe it’s the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region
How Nomads Shaped Centuries of Civilization
A new book celebrates the achievements of wanderers, whose stories have long been overlooked
The World’s Largest Collection of Standing Totem Poles Keeps Getting Bigger
Eighty sculptures in and around Ketchikan, Alaska, tell the ancestral stories of Indigenous clans
Why Can We See the Moon During the Day? And More Questions From Our Readers
You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts.
These 18th-Century Shoes Underscore the Contradictions of the Age of Enlightenment
An exhibition at Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum examines fashion’s role in supporting social hierarchies that emerged during the landmark intellectual movement
How Indigenous Sea Gardens Produced Massive Amounts of Food for Millennia
Communities created bountiful food without putting populations at risk of collapse
Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Olympic Gold Medals Are Finally Reinstated
Officials removed the Native American athlete’s victories from Olympic records in 1913
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