"Sarah's Oil" is Amazon MGM Studios' first production based in Oklahoma, and marked the start of the ongoing relationship ...

Indigenous author Vanessa Lillie looks at Narragansett history, the false narrative of the first Thanksgiving, and more powerful topics in her latest New England-set thriller. The post Thrills meet ...

Dr. Brittany Hunt talks with co-host Leoneda Inge about her efforts to center Indigenous stories and dismantle harmful ...

Their ancestors were forced onto the Trail of Tears in 1838. Now the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is piecing back together their sacred sites. The Cherokee town of Chota once stood on this site in ...

Indian Prime Minister Modi said in 2014, “Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” In that quote is the life of Ganpat I. Patel, a man whose journey ...

Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of ...

“This book is the culmination of over a decade of research into India’s deeper historical patterns,” said Dr. Vemsani. “I dedicate it to all colonized peoples. While political colonization may have ...

The Cherokee Nation has welcomed back an exhibit that explores Black slavery in the reservation through the eyes of Freedmen ...

Guest Opinion. As the vestigial frost from a northern-plains winter gave way to a new spring, a father and his family were ...

As Congress fails to pass another spending bill, the Cherokee Nation is stepping in to provide financial assistance to tribal members who may lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Cahokia was a robust economic and cultural center for the Mississippian people. They built hundreds of massive mounds but suddenly left the city in the 1300s. Built from an estimated 22 million cubic ...

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