An early news account that quoted participants themselves appeared Feb. 18, 1895. That year, a tribe from downtown took the ...

Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to bring it to light.

A Navajo Nation mural of a person wearing a mask made from a Blue Bird flour sack sits near Kayenta, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation last summer. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images ...

Myths and Memories: Renaissance Maps is the first major display of the American Museum’s world-renowned collection in over a decade. More than 40 maps and objects will be on display, dating from ...

Google Maps will soon show the "Gulf of Mexico" as the "Gulf of America" for users within the United States. The change follows a recent executive order by US President Donald Trump, with Google ...

As a result, the Gulf of Mexico will be displayed on Google Maps as «Gulf of Mexico», and Mount Denali will revert to its historical name «Mount McKinley» (the mountain was renamed Denali in 2015 by ...

Local Native Tribes have issued statements following ... Wilkins, that originally denied citizenship to Native Americans. The department argues that this precedent shows that "birth in the United ...

The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians say it will keep road access open for now on tribal land in Wisconsin. The announcement comes in a dispute with a nearby town over easements ...

The Native American tribes will then place the eggs at locations along the Manistee River, Maple River and Boardman-Ottaway River. The agency says the eggs will be placed in streamside incubators ...

30 million Americans live in areas where surface water ... it can help support informed decision making for sustainable water management." A map shows the severity of water limitation—the ...

Firefighters from the Klamath Tribes Native American nation are facing the challenges of battling wildfires in densely populated settings. They're helping crews from all over North America fight ...