The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians thinks more Cherokee medical experts will help address Indian health issues in culturally sensitive ways, reported Wake Forest University’s News Center.
Native Americans are clashing with the federal government over plans to fast-track approval and construction of massive solar energy projects that the Indians fear will harm sacred and culturally significant sites in Western deserts.
To recognize how the United Methodist Church (UMC) played a role in the Sand Creek Massacre, it has donated $50,000 to the National Park Service for the development of the Sand Creek Massacre...
Planning for a 30-mile bike path along the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe is moving into high gear, but may be slowed by concerns over Cave Rock, considered to be a sacred site by the Washoe Tribe.
Through a certain lens, the history of Indians in this country and the Pikes Peak Region can be seen as a dark and violent one.
The Greenberg Center for Learning and Tolerance uses a slightly different lens with its new exhibition, “When the Land Was Sacred: Our Living Heritage” at East...
Amid the thunderous beats of Native American drum groups, Thundering Water's drum wasn't the loudest. And with only 11 members, the group wasn't the largest, either. But when dancers stepped to the beat of its songs, member Brittney Malone, 15, knew the three-hour drive from Myrtle Creek was...
The pounding drums you'll hear next week coming from Pleasant Hill are part of the Central Iowa Circle of First Nations powwow for a January thaw - even if spirits rise more than the actual temperature does.
You can almost hear the splash of paddles hitting the water, an eagle call overhead and the crash of whales breaching as Jamie Valadez tells her high school students about paddling through the inland waters of the Puget Sound, reliving the tribal journeys of ages past....