Push to save boarding school of first Native American to get Western medical degree

A man in Kentucky wants to preserve the remnants of the boarding school where the first native American who got a Western medical degree once lived.
WHYY

How Native Americans came to Philadelphia in 1776 to navigate the American Revolution and almost won statehood

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! When America’s founders were walking the cobblestones of Philadelphia in 1776 while ...
WGBH

For Native Americans, an enduring spiritual connection to the land

Diane Orson is a special correspondent with Connecticut Public. She is a longtime reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things ...
KOMU

History and heritage shape Native identity across modern Missouri: 'We're still here'

MIAMI, Mo. — Mathias Smith has been dancing for as long as he can remember. "I can’t remember a time when I didn’t dance when I was that young,” said Smith, who is a senior at the University of ...
Pew Research Center

Key facts about Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, which recognizes Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the ...
The New Yorker

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement

Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...
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Extinct Animals That Lived Alongside the Native Americans

Did you know Native Americans once shared the land with some truly wild creatures that are now extinct? 🦣 From woolly mammoths to saber-toothed cats, these animals roamed North America thousands of ...