For the past six years, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe has battled to stop its historic earthen Indian mounds from slipping into the sea, looking to the power of oyster shells to protect them. Now, ...

The Museum of Native American History in Bentonville now has one of the largest collections in the world of artifacts from the Spiro Mounds, which were located along the Arkansas River in Eastern ...

As the United States pushed Native Americans from their lands to make way for westward expansion throughout the 1800s, museums and the federal government encouraged the looting of Indigenous remains, ...

21 Extraordinary Stories of Generosity That Will Stay with You True Stories Behind 23 of the Most Iconic Photos in American History 13 Facts About Native Americans You Didn't Learn in History Class 16 ...

This school year, three new Smithsonian lesson plans on the Inka Empire, Native American treaties and the history of 19th-century Cherokee removal became available to K-12 educators. Alex Jamison, ...

A ceremonial procession kicked off a weekend of events to dedicate the National Native American Veterans Memorial The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian dedicated the National Native ...

The government actively worked to separate Native American families through boarding schools and forced adoptions. Check out the documentaries below to begin your learning journey on this traumatic ...

From the civil rights movement to women’s liberation to protests against the Vietnam War, the 1960s and 1970s were an era of consciousness-raising and protest. And among those activists were members ...