Ciudad Blanca, the Lost White City of Honduras, Possibly Found Under Rainforest
From the air it looks like a sea of green. But bounce some...
Ohio Names Native American Pipe Official State Artifact
It’s been dubbed the Adena pipe and is now the official...
Survival Cannibalism Confirmed at Jamestown Settlement
Suspicions of cannibalism at the Jamestown Settlement have...
The Long Legal and Moral Battle Over Kennewick Man
He had a name, not that we will ever know it. He also had...
Casa Grande Ruins Among Architectural Marvels of Arizona
While the pyramids of Egypt, some dating back to 4,000 B.C...
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Researching the Past

Day of the Dead, Part I: Honoring the Departed, Celebrating Life, in Mexico

ICTMN Staff
October 30, 2011
Mexico is where Day of the Dead began. When the Spaniards arrived, Indigenous Peoples had been celebrating their ancestors annually for at least 3,000 years...

Orionid Meteor Shower and the Great Leader Tecumseh

ICTMN Staff
October 22, 2011
Early Saturday morning the Orionid Meteor Shower will dance above Mother Earth, and it is set to dazzle...

Information on Indian Boarding School Attendees in Michigan Sought

ICTMN Staff
October 18, 2011
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe’s Michigan Industrial Indian Boarding School Committee is seeking information on members who attended the Indian boarding school in Mt...

Vatican Releases Tantalizing Glimpse into Papal Documents About Columbus

ICTMN Staff
October 14, 2011
As enigmatic as the Da Vinci Code, the website showcasing fragments of documents from the upcoming exhibit of the Vatican Secret Archives presents the explorer with a sort of puzzl...

Bitter Fight to Determine Who Is an American Indian Turns to DNA Testing

Kevin Taylor
October 13, 2011
The onset of casino gaming brought great change in Indian country, but it also created unexpected­—and frequently heated—arguments over Indian identity: What makes somebody a membe...

Canadian Thanksgiving: From Age-Old Harvest Festival to Columbus Day Coincidence

ICTMN Staff
October 10, 2011
Canada’s Thanksgiving has fallen on the same day as Columbus Day (more commonly known as Native American Day in some parts), the second Monday in October, each year since 1971...

Understanding Métis History and Aboriginal Rights

ICTMN Staff
October 05, 2011
Ten years ago, when she was just 13 years old, Jordan Sanregret started researching her family tree...

Founder of Modern Anthropology Franz Boas Celebrated

ICTMN Staff
September 14, 2011
Franz Boas image from Phillwebb.net “Proud of his wonderful achievements, civilized man looks down upon the humbler members of mankind...

Treaties Between the U.S. Government and Native American Nations Matter

S.E. Ruckman
September 13, 2011

Almost from the first meeting among Europeans, Ojibwe (aka Chippewa) and Sioux, the relationship took a downward sli

Human Zoo: For Centuries, Indigenous Peoples Were Displayed as Novelties

Sara Shahriari
August 30, 2011
In 1893 a group of indigenous Aymara Bolivian men traveled to the United States so that they could be put on display at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Columbian Exposition, which ce...

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Baby Veronica
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Wounded Knee Historic Site Now for Sale...
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A Conversation With Wounded Knee Owner James Czywczynski
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