One link to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's past and another to its future are gone.
Alice Lopez, 49, the tribe's housing department director, died unexpectedly at her home Sunday, while Laurie "Cal" Green, 91, a former tribal elder and historian, died...
A Native American cultural protection group this week sued the Obama administration, saying fast-track approvals of six large solar developments in Southern California violated laws that protect the environment and sacred places.
Buffalo hide adorns the altar. Sage is burned to help cleanse the heart, soul and mind. Ojibwe and Lakota languages are used in many of the prayers and songs. Traditional Indian elements like these...
In a patch of woods tucked off a Bolivia road, the monks are building teepees. Each one is formed from a few of the spindly pines that fill their 22 acres. In a few months, they will be guest accommodations of a spartan sort.
In June, the Wat Carolina Buddhist monastery, the only temple in...
“I hope our ancestors regain some of their pride stripped from them here on this island that is now a sewer treatment plant for the City of Boston. I am honored they...
When the first immigrants from Europe arrived on the North American shores, they were homeless and hungry. They survived thanks to the generosity and kindness of Native peoples, who helped them through the first...
Nestled amid green fields and stream-filled woodlands, a new hospital opened by the Chickasaw Nation blends sacred Native American healing traditions with...
When Turkish Airlines’ inaugural Flight 8 from Washington, D.C. to Istanbul touched down recently, a unique delegation of Native leadership and U.S. Congressmen were among the 202...
For all the gains made by minority voices in front of and behind the camera, one group often remains misrepresented when it comes to the big screen: Native Americans.
The First Nations Film and Video Festival, coming to DePaul University’s Naperville campus...
On a rural American Indian reservation here, amid grazing horses and cattle, a Buddhist lama from the other side of the world is nearing completion of a $1.6 million meditative garden that he hopes will draw spiritual pilgrims.
“There is something pure and powerful about this landscape,...
Smoke wafts upward as the Rev. Mike Peters blows on the Knick-Knick, a sacred herbal blend of spearmint leaves, red willow bark, sage, sweet grass and bayberry bush.
First Nations chiefs, elders, students and thousands of their supporters called on the Canadian government to increase funding and support for indigenous students’ education.
Many at the Crazy Horse Memorial Monday compared the giant sculpture’s progress to the state’s relationship with Native Americans. Tangible progress has been made, but a mountain of work remains.