Mongabay News

From waffle gardens to terraces, Indigenous groups revive farming heritage in America’s deserts

In 1985, with two young daughters and little money, Roxanne Swentzell, a Native American sculptor and ceramic artist, ...
Connecticut Public

CT Public's new series 'Still Here' chronicles the Native American experience in New England

For generations, stories of Native America were erased from the American story. Today, we explore Native American resilience ...
Field Museum

Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories

In Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories, you are invited to connect with diverse Native stories and the individuals who ...

Before the American Revolution, Native nations guarded their societies against tyranny

Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of ...

Michigan has deep Native American roots. Where to explore Indigenous history

Michigan is the ancestral homeland of Anishinaabe peoples, namely the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi — the historic Council of Three Fires alliance — and the Indigenous presence pre-dates European ...
Hanford Sentinel

Q&A: In ‘The American Revolution,’ Ken Burns’ filmmakers go back to the beginning

When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premieres on PBS on Sunday, Nov. 16, it will mark the end ...
WUNC

'We were gone far too long.' House members reflect on longest shutdown

The House of Representatives was sent home for the duration of the government shutdown. Members returned to the Capitol ...