New health data released last week showed that life expectancy rates for American Indian and Alaska Natives increased by 4.5 years, the largest increase among racial and ethnic groups,according to a ...

Native people inhabited the land that would become the United States long before the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But it wasn’t until 1924, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, ...

Life for Native Americans in the U.S. has been marred by both resilience and heartbreak. From the Great Plains in Texas to the lush Pacific Northwest, these tribes — each with their own traditions, ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day highlights Native history and culture across the country. The day recognizes the contributions and traditions of the first peoples and their place in modern America. Each year, ...

Each summer the Office of Indigenous Relations at the University of Nevada, Reno, invites Native American high school students from across the state interested in attending college to participate in ...

It’s 1910. A young girl stands on a road, with trees and buildings behind her. She’s wearing a formal dress with dozens of elk teeth sewn into the fabric. Her expression is light. She closes her eyes ...

Nora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe), "Birchbark/Wiigwaas," recto (2020), photograph on fabric, two-sided; Collection of the artist (image courtesy the artist) EVANSTON, ILLINOIS — ...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (photo by Grace Roselli, courtesy the Estate of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York) Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a groundbreaking visual artist, curator ...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, an artist and curator who blazed a path for Native Americans in the contemporary art world, deftly exploring themes of Indigenous identity, ecological destruction, and ...