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Towers for the Dead: A Visit to Sillustani, Peru Apr 21, 2012	First Nations Art Collection at Vancouver Airport Is a Cultural Treasure Apr 20, 2012	UMass Boston Hosts Art Exhibit to Promote Native Studies Program Apr 19, 2012
More Than Beads and Feathers Posters Honor American Indian Graduates Apr 18, 2012	Images from 'Exhibitions: The Invention of the Savage' Apr 13, 2012	The Choro Trek: Three Days in Inca Footsteps Apr 07, 2012
Ho-Chunk Nation: Portrait of a People Apr 01, 2012	With Keystone Blocked by Obama, Canada Threatens to Run Transcontinental Pipeline to British Columbia Mar 28, 2012	The Natural Born Killer and the Angel in his Corner Mar 27, 2012
Ethereal Aurora Hovers Over Northern Quebec: Photos Mar 24, 2012	Bison Return to Fort Peck: A Special Day, 200 Years in the Making Mar 22, 2012	Yakama Pow Wow Dancers Perform in Front of 1.5 Million in South America Mar 17, 2012
The South Platte River: Don't Drink the Water Mar 15, 2012	North Dakota Oil Boom Bringing Jobs, Wealth—and a Looming Humanitarian Crisis Mar 15, 2012	The Southwest Indian Arts Fair, a Tucson Tradition Mar 10, 2012

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Thing About Skins

We are firmly in graduation season. All of my graduations happened at least a decade ago, so I barely remember them. I do vaguely remember... Read More

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I can't stress enough the importance of retaining our tribal languages, when it comes to the core relevance or existence of our people. Our... Read More

Health & Wellness

This is part 2 of a series about the custody battle for three-and-a-half-year-old Veronica, Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, heard by the U.S... Read More

Veterans

This month, Emily Juchniewicz will graduate from New Mexico State University with a degree in community health, the first of her siblings... Read More

Politics

In ongoing court battles over the right to manage the world-famous Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Hualapai Tribe claims victory in the latest... Read More

Genealogy

Love was the common thread in everything Fran James did, whether serving her faith, hosting an unexpected guest, passing on a teaching, or... Read More

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Astronomers may operate in the dark, but they actually want to share the light. Starlight, that is. With all the varieties of pollution... Read More

Sports

Every week TheAtlantic.com Sports Roundtable discusses a hot-button sports topic of the moment. The conversations are engaging, thoughtful... Read More

Education

Harvard wanted him. Yale wanted him. Dartmouth, UCLA, Stanford—they all wanted him. So who finally landed Julian Brave NoiseCat? Columbia... Read More

Environment

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Pow Wow MCs

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American Indian History

The first person to walk here did so over a thousand years ago when the Hohokam arrived at what is now known as Colossal Cave Mountain... Read More

Pow Wow Dancers

On the 25th anniversary of the first visit of Cirque du Soleil in New York City, the troupe is back in the Big Apple with their acclaimed... Read More

Indian Gaming

In 1993, then New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter creating history by signing a gaming compact... Read More

Travel

Hawaiian arts and culture will be featured May 24-26 at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. during the 2013... Read More

Business

A lack of resources to help Native Americans learn effective money management techniques has stunted the ability of many Native families to... Read More

Canada

Numerous First Nation bands are alleging that the federal government is threatening them with loss of funding for essential services if... Read More

World News

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