Articles tagged as Native Americans

A 19th-century ranch house was the last place National Park Service workers expected to find a cache of Native American tools.

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Prehistoric Native American Site Discovered Off the California Coast

Sophisticated stone tools date back thousands of years

June 9, 2017

Protestors stand in front of the Walker Sculpture Garden's construction fence on Saturday, May 27, 2017.

Amid Controversy, Minneapolis Museum Removes Sculpture Based on Execution of 38 Dakota Men

Members of the Dakota community say that the sculpture trivializes a painful chapter of their history

May 31, 2017

Each pole is 20 feet high and weighs over 2,000 pounds.

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The Powerful Story Behind Glacier Bay National Park’s New Totem Poles

They’re 20-foot-tall symbols of a slowly healing rift

May 30, 2017

The Namesake of Howard University Spent Years Kicking Native Americans Off of Their Land

Oliver Otis Howard was a revered Civil War general—but his career had a dark postscript

May 23, 2017

Photograph of two Havana meteoritic metal beads with a 1 cm cube for scale. The bead on the left (7.8 g mass) is cut perpendicular to the central hole, illustrating the extensive alteration of the bead and infilling of the central hole. The bead on the right (4.6 g mass) is cut parallel to the central hole and exhibits a concentrically deformed structure.

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Beads Made From Meteorite Reveal Ancient Trade Network

Researchers have confirmed iron beads in Illinois come from a Minnesota meteorite, supporting a theory called the Hopewell Interaction Sphere

May 18, 2017

This law set the forced removal of Native Americans in the American Southeast into motion.

The Indian Removal Act is on display at the National Archives through June 14

May 12, 2017

Lillian as Princess Wenona, with beloved horse “Rabbit.” This was probably taken around 1915, while she was contracted with the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West.

The Faux “Sioux” Sharpshooter Who Became Annie Oakley’s Rival

By reinventing herself as Indian, Lillian Smith became a wild west sensation—and escaped an unhappy past

May 8, 2017

Massasoit statue in Plymouth, Massachusetts

After a 20-year search, members of the Wampanoag Nation have collected his remains from museums

April 21, 2017

Linguist and cultural preservationist Daryl Baldwin was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016.

How to Resurrect a Lost Language

Piecing together the language of the Miami tribe, linguists Daryl Baldwin and David Costa are creating a new generation of speakers

April 19, 2017

This elaborate dance mask (ca. 1900) with representations of a spirit, seal, fish, and bird held in a human hand, was made by a Yup’ik artist from Alaska and is part of a group of Native American artworks that will soon be integrated into the Metropolitan Museum's American Wing.

Until now, indigenous art has lived in its own section

April 11, 2017

Flying toward Denali as a snow storm approached the mountain range.

There Are Two Versions of the Story of How the U.S. Purchased Alaska From Russia

The tale of “Seward’s Folly” must also be seen through the eyes of Alaska’s native populations

March 29, 2017

A San man prepares his arrows for hunting in the Living Museum of the Ju’Hoansi-San, Grashoek, Namibia

This much-studied population is the first indigenous people of Africa to develop such guidelines

March 23, 2017

What Do Native American Carvings in French WWI Quarries Mean?

Why is there a Native American canoe carved in an abandoned quarry inhabited by U.S. soldiers during WWI?

March 21, 2017

Spiral Jetty is on its way to becoming Utah's official work of land art.

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Utah Chooses New State Works of Art

Ancient rock art and Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” are poised to become state symbols

March 16, 2017

Postmodern Boa by David Gaussoin and Wayne Nez Gaussoin (Diné [Navajo]) and Picuris Pueblo, 2009, stainless steel, sterling silver, enamel paint and feathers

These Designs Showcase the Provocative World of Native Fashion

These contemporary designs by prominent or up-and-coming Native American designers are edgy and pulsing with relevance

March 16, 2017

Susan, far left, with her husband (seated with puppy) at their Bancroft, Nebraska, home.

The Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, the First Native American to Earn a Medical Degree

With few rights as a woman and as an Indian, the pioneering doctor provided valuable health care and resources to her Omaha community

March 1, 2017

Aleutian people stand on the deck of a ship forcibly evacuating them to southeastern Alaska.

In the name of safety, Aleuts were held against their will under intolerable conditions in internment camps

February 22, 2017

This illustration by Helen Sewell graced one of the original editions of Little House on the Prairie, published in the 1930s. That book tells of the period in the Ingalls family's lives in which they settled in Kansas on land that still belonged to Native Americans.

The Little House on the Prairie Was Built on Native American Land

Yesterday was Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 150th birthday. It’s time to take a critical look at her work

February 8, 2017

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New Exhibition Highlights Art Inspired by Standing Rock

Art as a lens to understand the protest

January 25, 2017

When it comes to representation, this coin is more than worth its weight in 24-karat gold.

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New $100 Coin Features First-Ever African-American Lady Liberty

She’ll put a new face on a familiar allegory

January 13, 2017