DNA supports modern Picuris Pueblo accounts of ancestry going back more than 1,000 years to Chaco Canyon society.

His team had previously worked with Native American groups to study ancient human remains, but this was the first time a tribe had sought out his help. “It wasn’t an easy decision,” Picuris ...

The Archive Center at the National Museum of the American Indian presents a new exhibition that can help "interrupt the ...

Attendees of the 2025 Native American Summit, organized by the Chicago ... Monks Mound is the tallest of the ancient earthen structures at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville.

What started as a family heirloom in a Missouri home has now been identified as one of the rarest pre-contact Native American ...

Herbal medicines discovered long ago by Native Americans are recognized today ... the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, looks at the ancient drawings on Indian Rock on April 28, 2025.

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — The Illinois Senate is currently considering a bill that would ban the use of Native American names and logos as mascots. It’s already passed the Illinois House.

But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school’s mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.

The eponymous bright yellow root is thread-like and was actually used by Native Americans as a thread in beadwork. Those bright yellow roots are also of special interest to humans. Native ...