It's Native American Heritage Day. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ned Blackhawk, a professor of History and American Studies at Yale, about the history of the day and what it means to observe it.

EXCLUSIVE: The Native American Media Alliance has announced the seven selected fellows for the 9th Annual Native American TV Writers Lab. This year’s TV Lab is in partnership with Comcast ...

DURANT, Oklahoma (KXII) - The Choctaw Nation is kicking off Native American Heritage Month with its 19th annual Choctaw Powwow — one of the largest in the nation. The competition drew in tens of ...

A group called the Native American Guardian’s Association (NAGA) is demanding the Washington Commanders change their name back to the Redskins, organizing support for the name reversal with a ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Red alder is the largest native alder species in North America with a ...

We hoped it would shed light on one of the biggest mysteries in the 2020 Census: Why did the Native American population skyrocket by 85 percent over the past decade? The number of Americans ...

Today, ICWA is responsible for a separate and unequal child welfare system. Native American foster children — regardless of whether they live on a reservation, or how much of their DNA is Native ...

TIME asked 11 experts on indigenous history which Native American historymakers readers should know about. Their responses have been lightly edited. In 1889, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte graduated ...

Native Americans, who include American Indians and Alaska Natives, are among those expected to have a steep rise in cases. But they’ll face unique challenges. In general, Native Americans are ...

Some American schools still ask children to pick a "Native American name" as a part of their classwork, and Indigenous parents are sharing why this common practice is so problematic and harmful to ...

Tai Leclare and experts explore Native American identity. What’s the deal with “Pretendians”? Tai Leclare and experts dissect what it really means to be Native—whether it’s blood ...

One distraught Native American interviewee asks: “What kind of school has a cemetery?” That question is answered — repeatedly, in uncompromising fashion — as Ku and director Bethmann speak ...