In the U.S., there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native entities, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. As for Louisiana, the state is home to more ...
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is the only federally recognized tribe operating within Mississippi. Thirteen other federally recognized tribes have historical ties to Mississippi but are now ...
The Wampanoag are a Native American tribe that has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for over 10,000 years. The Wampanoag did eventually help the Pilgrims, but it was a ...
Rep. John Lowery is also the chairman of the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina. Lowery shares an update following his testimony before the Senate as the Lumbee continue their push for federal recognition ...
Denise Padgette, of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, holds granddaughter, Lola Lopez, during a celebration of California Native American Day at the state Capitol on Sept. 22, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez ...
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Native American tribes and ancient Mound Builders in Ohio left no written record, but we can learn about them from what they left behind. Ancient Mound Builders known as Adena, Hopewell and Fort ...
Native American artists across the Twin Cities celebrate and honor Indigenous cultures through their art during Native American Heritage Month. Native American Heritage Month, observed each November, ...
William Penhallow Henderson, “Holy Week in New Mexico/Penitent Procession” (1919), oil on panel (courtesy New Mexico Museum of Art) SANTA FE, New Mexico — Originating in northern New Mexico’s Santa ...