Native American adoption era history. The Bureau of Indian Affairs established the Indian Adoption Project in 1958. Like the Boarding School Initiative, the goal of forced Native adoptions was to ...

News; Higher education; WSU professor fills historical gap with new course on American Indian Wars: ‘We have an obligation to Native people’ Tue., Oct. 17, 2023 ...

Jesse T. Hummingbird (Cherokee, 1952–2021), Veterans, 2016. Acrylic on canvas, 101.4 x 76 x 3.5 cm. National Museum of the American Indian A memorial to honor Native veterans who have served in ...

The National Congress of American Indians was given the rights to Keep America Beautiful's 1971 "Crying Indian" ad, a recognizable anti-pollution advertisement featuring Iron Eyes Cody.

Keep America Beautiful announced that it will retire the “Crying Indian” ad, which made its first appearance in 1971, and transfer the rights to the National Congress of American Indians Fund.

Indian Relay, dubbed "America's original extreme sport," has roots dating back centuries to horse stealing raids. Native Americans are keeping the dangerous and compelling racing tradition alive.

School leaders say the omnipresent logo and “Warrior” name for the school athletic teams are sources of pride here, in the only US city built on land leased from a Native American reservation.

Historical marker commemorates Native American city of Anhaica The marker is a joint collaboration between the Tallahassee Historical Society and the Panhandle Archaeological Society at Tallahassee.

As the department's first-ever native secretary, Haaland says she thinks about her elders and the U.S. government's historical policy of assimilation every day. "My grandparents worked on the ...