For Wantagh resident Matt Susco, "Warriors" isn’t just the name of his hometown’s high school sports team. "It’s always been a lifelong sense of pride for us residents, students, since we were ...

When you look at a map of Wisconsin, it’s covered in names that remind us of this country’s original inhabitants. Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Waukesha, Kinnickinnic — all words derived from Native American ...

For many Native Americans, the decision to replace the former names of Washington’s NFL team and Cleveland’s MLB team was not just symbolic. It was a matter of dignity, safety and cultural survival.

Across Michigan, you'll find places with names of Native American origin, reflecting the state's deep Indigenous heritage. Present-day Michigan is the ancestral homeland of Anishinaabe peoples, with ...

Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the film "Imagining the Indian" The NFL's Washington, D.C. team retired its previous name and the move to remove other Native American related names and mascots has ...

MASCOUTAH, Ill. — HB1237, which seeks to block local school districts from using Native American names and mascots, passed through the Illinois House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon. In the ...

SELLS, Arizona (Reuters) -When Jennifer Juan went to cast her ballot in Arizona's state primary in July, she spent an hour rifling through documents to convince poll workers she should be allowed to ...

One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names. In more cases than one may think, geographic names were derived from a Native American word or ...

French explorer and cartographer Samuel de Champlain ignored the existing Indian names for the large lake he visited in 1609 and instead gave it his own name, the only geographical feature he ever ...

The New York State Education Department has ordered school districts to stop using mascots, team names or imagery depicting Native Americans by the end of the school year or risk losing state aid. The ...

WHAT DO GUARDIANS and Commanders have in common? Both project enough moxie for sports fans to rally behind, and neither is offensive. The Commanders are the former Washington Redskins, an ...

GENOA, Neb. — Researchers say they have uncovered the names of 102 Native American students who died at a federally operated boarding school in Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the ...