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

No Longer Circling the Wagons: Many National Parks Get Indian Stories Wrong

Robert Pahre
August 29, 2011
National parks are America’s great outdoor classrooms, and they attract about 300 million visitors a year, from school groups to senior citizens, mountain climbers to families in m...

Oklahoma State Tourism Launches Genealogy Web Tool

ICTMN Staff
August 26, 2011
To cash in on the rising popularity of genealogical research, TravelOK.com —Oklahoma’s travel and tourism website—has launched a genealogy resources page...

Native American Librarian Takes Pride in Special Collection

ICTMN Staff
August 25, 2011
This photo, from NSU, shows the John Vaughan Library. The Special Collections section can be found on the second floor...

Interior Provides Information to Native Americans Tracing Their Ancestry

ICTMN Staff
August 23, 2011
The U.S. Department of the Interior has a webpage dedicated to offering helpful tips and information on tracing Native American ancestry...

Education for Creek Freedmen

ICTMN Staff
August 22, 2011
An August 14 blog by Angela Y. Walton-Raji discusses the establishment of schools for freedmen in Indian territory...

Burial-Site Battle Pits Kumeyaay Against University

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
August 22, 2011
Ever since the remains of three ancient humans were unearthed in 1976 on property owned by the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), the Kumeyaay people have been engaged i...

Blood Quantum Influences Native American Identity

ICTMN Staff
August 13, 2011
BBC News writer Paul Adams delves into the complicated story of blood quantum, which he says was first introduced in colonial Virginia in the 18th century...

Englishman Discovers Native American Ancestry

ICTMN Staff
August 11, 2011
After putting his DNA profile on Ancestry.com , Chris McDonald-Constable, of Clayton-le-Moors—a township in Hyndburn in Lancashire, England—discovered that his great-great grandfat...

Native American Ancestors, fact or fiction

ICTMN Staff
August 11, 2011
A July 28 blog posted at Sksgenealogy.blogspot.com , points out how many American families claim Native American ancestry, which sometimes seems impossible and not logical...

Canadian Genealogy Survey

ICTMN Staff
August 10, 2011
Carleton University, in Ottawa, Ontario is conducting a genealogical survey to figure out why there has been such a surge of interest in genealogy and family history projects, and ...

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