The long and brutal history of the US trying to “kill the Indian and save the man.”

On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl, which pitted adoptive parents Matt and Melanie Capobianco against baby...

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Scanpix/Granger The Vikings brought Native Americans to Iceland a thousand years ago. Or so says Spanish and Icelandic researchers, who in 80 Icelanders have found a special type of DNA found only in...

Iroquois Confederacy PART I. Because of the length of study on this topic, we have devoted two pages on our site to this topic. This page is about the Iroquois Confederacy. Click here for PART

Illustrator Michaela Goade, a member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes in Southeast Alaska, was honored for her work on “We Are Water Protectors” by Carole Lindstrom.

Choosing a Native American name for your bear adds cultural depth and significance to its identity. Whether you're drawn to the strength of Mato Wiyaka or the simplicity of

Back in 1881, hundreds of Northern Arapaho children were taken from the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming to the Carlisle Boarding School…

River wants so badly to dance at powwow day as she does every year. In this uplifting and contemporary picture book perfect for beginning readers, follow River's journey from feeling isolated after an illness to learning the healing power of community. Additional information explains the history and functions of powwows, which are commonplace across the United States and Canada and are open to both Native Americans and non-Native visitors. Author Traci Sorell is a member of the Cherokee Nation, and illustrator Madelyn Goodnight is a member of the Chickasaw Nation. Hardcover. 2022. Sorrell, Traci.

As explorers sought to colonize their land, Native Americans responded in various stages, from cooperation to indignation to revolt.

It’s a language that existed long before any European settlers came to Michigan, and over generations have began to fade. But the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians have pushed to preserve and restore the language of Anishinaabemowin.In North

Black authors have written some of the most inspiring literature of our time — but rarely get the attention they deserve.

Healing the impacts of Residential Schools Between 1831 and 1996, residential schools operated in Canada through arrangements between the Government of Canada and the church. One common objective defined this period — the

FASCINATING portrait showing Native Americans before and after being forcibly assimilated into American culture have emerged. The photos show young men and women in traditional clothing next to com…

After hearings earlier this year revealed the use of an electric chair as a punishment device for Native children at residential schools, we looked into the horrifying and torturous history of Canada's sick attempt to solve the "Indian Problem."

Illustrated by Billie Parks; written by Annette Wynne. From Up One Pair of Stairs of My Book House, 1937.

In the mid-2000s, historian Anna Pegler-Gordon said that visual media often seems more accessible to her students than the written record. They claimed images make the past seem more accessible, giving concrete shape to a world that sometimes seems intangible. Not to mention the immediacy of the image, which often conveys information more quickly than a primary document written in an unfamiliar, or even a foreign, language. But according to Pegler-Gordon, this immediacy also works well in discussion sections, where the shared experience of viewing a picture can provide a focus for lively group discussion.

You have probably heard the phrase “school of choice” used when describing public education options in Michigan, but what about a “school of no choice?”…

Canadian Nuns, Aborigine Children

“They were coming to college believing that all Indians are dead,” said education professor Sarah Shear of her experience in the classroom. Her students’ seeming ignorance to the fact that American In

Chemawa Indian School, located in the mid-Willamette Valley north of Salem, is one of four remaining off-reservation boarding schools funded and operated by th…

Song to the Sun

Author Carole Lindstrom follows Caldecott-winning We Are Water Protectors with another children's book featuring Native culture. She says she hopes it helps kids "see themselves in a positive way."

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By covering the Supreme Court’s hearing of Trump’s immunity claim as if the court were impartial and nonpartisan, the media has done the American people a serious disservice.

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1. The Cherokee Indians have a creation myth where a man slaps a woman with a fish and children appear.

Some children died as runaways and were found frozen to death in snowy fields; others who tried to escape their abusers drowned

Healing the impacts of Residential Schools Between 1831 and 1996, residential schools operated in Canada through arrangements between the Government of Canada and the church. One common objective defined this period — the

Mattaponi: For good reasons the Mattaponi Indians may be classified definitely as a branch of the Pamunkey, as such, their history often mirrors theirs.