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Native Americans

Podcast: Owamni

Visit a restaurant dedicated to decolonizing food and honoring Indigenous meal traditions, with its award-winning chef Sean Sherman.

The Podcast Team February 14, 2024

Captain Heather Friedli puts the final touches on Team Kwe's sculpture, "Wenabozho and Dadibaajimad Journey on the River of Souls."

This Team of Indigenous Women Sculpts Stories in Snow

Team Kwe honors their Anishinaabe roots in the art and sport of snow sculpting.

Roxanne Hoorn February 1, 2024

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Jim Thorpe Museum

This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.

Riders Azeri Coby (foreground) and Darren Charges Strong (in red) duel it out in an Indian Relay race at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington.

Indian Relay May Just Be America’s Most Extreme Sport

For Indigenous participants of the bareback horse race, the sport connects them to centuries of history.

Laura Kiniry January 18, 2024

How the Great Lakes Formed—And the Mystery of Who Watched It Happen

Skilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.

Gemma Tarlach January 11, 2024

Shenks Ferry, Pennsylvania

The Safe Harbor Petroglyphs

A sacred collection of indigenous rock art.

Burnett, Wisconsin

Nitschke Mounds Park

The property contains 37 preserved animal effigy mounds constructed by Native Americans between 800-1100.

Scott City, Kansas

El Cuartelejo

The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.

Atlanta, Georgia

Owl Rock

This Native American petroglyph marks the location of an important, Creek trail.

Tacoma, Washington

Job Carr Cabin Museum

This Old Town cabin tells the story of Tacoma's settlement through a replica of its first non-Native building.

Wildlife biologist Serra Hoagland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, is bridging Indigenous traditions and modern methods.

7 Memorable Stories to Mark Native American Heritage Month

Tales of tradition, erasure, resilience, and dancing.

April White November 17, 2023

A late 16th-century map notes the territory of "Calos" near the southern tip of Florida, but the Calusa actually controlled most of the peninsula's southwest.

Long Before the First Thanksgiving, an Artificial Island in Florida Hosted a Cross-Cultural Feast

Decades before the Wampanoag and Pilgrims shared a meal, the powerful Calusa and their Spanish guests celebrated their new alliance. Spoiler alert: It didn't last.

Karuna Eberl November 15, 2023

The Serpent Mound in Ohio, as beautiful as it is impressive, has endured centuries of misuse and misinterpretation.

In Ohio, Ancient Mounds and Earthworks Gain Recognition—But Remain Imperiled

Built by Native Americans, Serpent Mound and other spectacular ancient monuments have endured centuries of abuse and neglect. That's finally changing.

Stephen Warren November 13, 2023

Alcalde, New Mexico

Los Luceros Historic Site

This ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande is home to a little-known LGBTQ history of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Marie Chabot, and two-spirit Navajo weaver Hastiin Klah.

Archaeology professor Sissel Schroeder sweeps her iPhone over a dugout at the Milwaukee Public Museum to capture images for a 3D model.

Dugout Canoes, the 'Pickup Trucks' of Their Day, Go Digital in Wisconsin

For millennia, people used dugouts for transport and trade. Now, an ambitious project is preserving the canoes virtually and revealing new details.

Susan Cosier November 6, 2023

Explore the United States of Cryptids

Our archives offer a tour of the country's most elusive, mysterious characters.

Roxanne Hoorn October 28, 2023

Brandon, Colorado

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

Some 5,000 Ohlone Tribe members were buried in unmarked graves in San Francisco's Mission Dolores Cemetery. Today, many of those graves have been paved over and forgotten.

Honoring the Thousands of Forgotten Souls Buried Beneath San Francisco

Experts estimate some 50,000 people are buried beneath the sprawling metropolis.

Shoshi Parks September 28, 2023