While modern tattooing has popularised tribal designs, for many indigenous communities, these tattoos remain deeply tied to ...

Holt Breen stresses that the highest honor in Native American culture is to be a warrior. United by a tradition of service, ...

Cara Romero's otherworldly imagery examines the intersection of Indigenous tradition and environmental development.

Ninety-two years ago, the American Goldfinch became Iowa’s state bird. Today, Iowans are calling for a state horse, fish and ...

Today, through concerted conservation efforts, they have begun to reclaim their rightful place in the landscape—a symbol of hope and perseverance. The American bison, scientifically known as Bison ...

Self-identification as Native American also flouts the sovereign right of tribes to determine rules for citizenship. The three federally recognized Cherokee tribes, for instance, require members ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Museums, universities and government agencies continued ...

Fly View Productions / Getty Images Some forms of taxation can work differently for Native American people because of their unique status within the United States. Tribes, as sovereign governments ...

The National Museum of the American Indian cares for one of the world’s most expansive collections of Native objects, photographs, and media, covering the entire Western Hemisphere from the Arctic ...

The return engagement of the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers at the Theater for the New City (TNC) in New York City, January 25 to February 3, promises to be a spectacular Native cultural ...