Indigenous Peoples
How Navajo Physicians Are Battling the Covid-19 Pandemic
Combining traditional medicine and modern science, these courageous doctors have risen to the challenge
17,000-Year-Old Kangaroo Painting Is Oldest-Known Australian Rock Art
Researchers were able to date the painting using a new technique involving wasps' nests
Aboriginal Australians Dined on Moths 2,000 Years Ago
The discovery of an ancient grindstone containing traces of the insect confirms long-held Indigenous oral tradition
$1.6 Million Grant Will Support Digitization of Native American Oral Histories
The newly announced funding will help universities make decades-old interviews widely available
Venetian Glass Beads May Be Oldest European Artifacts Found in North America
Traders likely transported the small spheres from Italy to northern Alaska in the mid-15th century
Archaeologists Unearth 600-Year-Old Golden Eagle Sculpture at Aztec Temple
The artwork is the largest bas-relief engraving found at the Templo Mayor to date
How Arctic Anthropologists Are Expanding Narratives About the North
Studying past Arctic cultures and working with today's northern communities to address present-day socioeconomic and environmental challenges
Human-Sized Maya Mask Found in Mexico
The stucco sculpture—dated to between 300 B.C. and 250 A.D.—probably depicts a deity or elite member of society
Archaeologists Identify Famed Fort Where Indigenous Tlingits Fought Russian Forces
The new discovery builds upon the knowledge passed down by generations of Indigenous communities about the clash from two centuries ago
After Aztecs Cannibalized Spanish Convoy, Conquistadors Retaliated by Killing Innocents
Archaeologists in Mexico discovered the remains of women and children targeted by Hernán Cortés' forces in 1520
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Will Not Face Mass Oil Drilling—for Now
Large oil companies skipped out on the auction, but environmentalists say a worrisome precedent has been set
How Native Artisans in Alaska Bring Innovation and Humor to Their Craft
In Indigenous communities along the coast, a lively artistic movement plays with tradition
The Lost History of Yellowstone
Debunking the myth that the great national park was a wilderness untouched by humans
Australia Changes National Anthem Lyrics to Recognize Its Long Indigenous History
"Advance Australia Fair" no longer calls a nation with a 65,000-year history "young and free"
This Ohio Golf Course, Built Atop a Hopewell Earthwork, Is Now the Subject of a Lawsuit
A legal battle brews over access to some of the world's largest human-made structures of their kind
What Ancient DNA Reveals About the First People to Populate the Caribbean
New study suggests a group of migrants almost totally replaced the islands' original population
Ninety Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2020
This year's most intriguing discoveries include an Aztec skull tower, fossilized footprints and Nazi shipwrecks
How Juneau, Alaska, Is Becoming an Epicenter for Indigenous Art
The city is on a quest to solidify its standing as the Northwest Coast arts capital of the world
These Amazonian Villages Were Laid Out Like Clock Faces
Scientists used LiDAR to investigate the ruins of 14th- to 18th-century Indigenous communities in Brazil
Ancestral Puebloans Survived Droughts by Collecting Water From Icy Lava Tubes
In ancient New Mexico, cold air in cavernous spaces carved out by lava flows preserved blocks of ice
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