The number of people identifying as Native Americans in the U.S. nearly doubled between 2010 and 2020, according to the U.S. Census. The number of people in the United States who claim Native identity ...

American students are often first taught about Native Americans through the frame of European settlers, that native people were simply here when they arrived. But UNC-Chapel Hill history professor ...

Depending on how much you know about the constitution, you may be surprised to learn that Ben Franklin and the founding fathers modeled the United States constitution on the constitution of the ...

This National Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate Native Americans’ enduring contributions to our Nation’s greatness. From the earliest days of our Republic, our founding principles have ...

It’s a sunny spring morning as Nakai Clearwater Northup stands amid white pine trees, near a river, surveying the land. Looking at his Narragansett homelands in southern Rhode Island, he says hunting ...

Communities across Michigan are gathering to celebrate the state's Indigenous roots this month as November marks Native American Heritage Month nationwide. Present-day Michigan is the ancestral ...

Ryan Dial, American Indian Health Program Manager, attends an event hosted by the Waccamaw Siouan STEM Studio from Bolton, NC to provide educational resources about cancer in Native American ...

Christopher Columbus’s three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—first landed on a beach of a small island within the Bahamas Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, on October 12, 1492. The natives called ...

Diane Orson is a special correspondent with Connecticut Public. She is a longtime reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things ...