It is a story of freedom and sacrifice, but it is also a story that begins with the occupation of lands inhabited by Native people since time immemorial and the forced removal of Native Americans ...

To many Native Americans and Indigenous peoples, such as Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, reflecting on U.S. history elicits pain.

As the United States of America celebrates 250 years of independence, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Tribal Chairman Matthew Wesaw has one message: "We're still here. We've been here from the ...

Johnson Taylor, from the Ponca and the Southern Ute tribes, marked the nation’s anniversary with his family at a rally in McPherson Square in D.C.

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate it's 250th Fourth of July, how are Indigenous communities viewing the celebrations and U.S. history? Host Scott Tong puts that question and more to Levi Rickert, the ...

As California pioneered the concept of indoor-outdoor living in America, the backyard became an extension of people’s homes, ...

For most of the nineteenth century, tamarisk was viewed as a reasonable answer to environmental problems in the USA. By introducing tamarisk from Eurasia, Americans used this durable plant for ...

This Independence Day, we will tell ourselves a lot of stories about what it means to be American. One consistent narrative, however, even 250 years in, is our country’s inability to reckon with the ...

Some Native nations are skipping America 250 festivities. Others are showing up to explain their side of history.

The Fourth of July is a time to remember that America’s promise was built on Indigenous land, enslaved labor and histories too often left out of the celebration, writes columnist Nancy Kelsey.

Almost a year before Sullivan’s March was underway, there was bloodshed, brutality and a battle which ignited the nearly four ...

At Ashawaug Farm in southwest Rhode Island, Dawn and Cassius Spears preserve their Indigenous knowledge of agriculture ...