The broad term “Native American” is typically used to describe the Indigenous people who inhabited the land now known as the U.S. for thousands of years before European colonization. The origins of ...

Marlee Huskey wanted to deepen her studies in public health and learn more about her Native American culture. The Michigan Technological University senior found an opportunity to do both through an ...

When Native American Two-Spirit Hosteen Klah first met transcendental religious scholar Mary Cabot Wheelwright, he likely had no idea their friendship would help establish a museum to preserve his ...

What is a powwow? Though the term has its colloquial meaning, the event holds great cultural significance for Native American communities. In Indigenous culture, a powwow is a ceremonial gathering ...

In late October, President Joe Biden issued an apology for the U.S. Indian Boarding Schools program, a century-long concerted effort by the federal government to destroy Native American culture and ...

When River Kerstetter was asked about three years ago to help curate an exhibit at the Newberry Library about Native Americans and pop culture called “Native Pop!,” she said getting involved with the ...

Ellie Mitchell at a recent beading workshop she led at MSU with another College of Arts & Letters faculty member. Ellie Mitchell is on a mission to preserve Indigenous languages, arts, and crafts to ...

I’m not one to see year-in-review exercises as particularly useful. A calendar isn’t much more than a tidy package of structured units to which the flow of life is mostly immune. That said, this year, ...

November is Native American Heritage Month, and Bruins and the general public are invited to engage more deeply with the Native and Indigenous community and perspectives around sovereignty, land ...

Building a library collection: fifty years of Native American athletes, sports, and games on film / Daisy V. Dominguez -- Asserting Native American agency in an assimilationist institution / Stacy ...

Who gets to tell the stories behind a destination? World Footprints explores Indigenous tourism with consultant Anna Barrera, examining Native American cultural heritage and tourism opportunities ...