Many Native American contributions to our modern world often go unrecognized, according to Gaetana DeGennaro, a museum specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

In the United States, roughly 9.7 million people — or about 3 percent — of the overall population — identified themselves as being American Indian or Alaska Native in the 2020 Census.

Man who killed eagles on a Native American reservation gets nearly 4 years in prison. Travis John Branson pleaded guilty in March to charges of conspiracy and wildlife trafficking. Skip Navigation ...

All-American native daisies include sunflowers, native asters, black-eyed Susans (avoid Goldsturm, a variety that rarely sets seed) and coneflowers. All are top targets of seed-loving birds.

Some Native American reservations have housing shortages while existing homes can be overcrowded or dilapidated to the point of needing to be boarded up, like this one in Martin, South Dakota.

FILE - A bison grazes in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, May 24, 2017. U.S. national park officials plan to reduce the bison herd from 700 to 400 at the park starting Oct. 14, 2023.

The film tells the story of Naha, a young Seminole Indian boy living in the Everglades of Florida. Set in a time when the wilderness was largely untouched, Naha embarks on an adventure to find his ...

Follow the latest Native American Issues news stories and headlines. ... These plants and animals will benefit from Biden's protected land ... More than 500 American Indian, Alaska Native, ...

'American Genocide: The Crimes of Native American Boarding Schools' spotlights the atrocities Indigenous children endured for decades at these schools — and how survivors are trying to heal ...

Keep America Beautiful announced that it will retire the “Crying Indian” ad, which made its first appearance in 1971, and transfer the rights to the National Congress of American Indians Fund.

In this interview, Donald Fixico, Thomas Bowlus Distinguished Professor of American Indian History and Director of the Center for Indigenous Nations Studies at the University of Kansas, talks ...

The National Congress of American Indians was given the rights to Keep America Beautiful's 1971 "Crying Indian" ad, a recognizable anti-pollution advertisement featuring Iron Eyes Cody.