November is Native American Heritage Month!

What is the month about, and how did it get started? Photos, videos and social posts…

Penguin Young Readers higlights five books for Native American Heritage Month

The highlighted titles are Finding My Dance, Indigenous America, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, Kapamahu, and…

#NativeNerd review: Spirit Rangers is a magical, beautiful nod to Native culture

Gorgeous animation, vibrant, colorful landscapes and creative approaches to Native teachings and language for children merit…

Indigenous People’s Day or Columbus Day? Why this Indigenous journalist will never celebrate Columbus Day

Columbus never even landed in the upper 48 states, yet a massive painting of his ‘discovery’…

Native author Ria Thundercloud releases picture book “Finding My Dance”

“Finding My Dance” by Ria Thundercloud and illustrated by Kalila J. Fuller is part of Penguin…

After 50 years, The Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather for her treatment at the 1973 Oscars

At the 45th Academy Awards, Littlefeather was booed, threatened to be arrested, put in handcuffs and…

Rappahannock tribe reacquires 465 acres of ancestral homelands

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland congratulates the tribe as Rappahannock Chief Anne Richardson calls the day ‘miraculous’…

Colonial Williamsburg adds First American Indian historical figure to renowned public program

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s historical figure Oconostota to be portrayed by Kody Grant, enrolled Pueblo of…

Sacheen Littlefeather reads the Oscar’s speech for Marlon Brando she was not allowed to give … 45 years later

At the 1973 Academy Awards, Native American actress stepped in to turn down the Oscar for…

Video: What does it mean to be a Black Indian?

In creating a video for the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, I spoke to two…