Explore 398 Indigenous Collections - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place

398 Items Tagged

Indigenous

Share
Orange pin flags indicate the location of ceramic pottery sherds collected for analysis after a prescribed burn in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico in 2012.
forests

What Wildfire Archaeology Tells Us About the Burning American West

Archaeologists in New Mexico are studying past wildfires through tree rings and pottery sherds.
Atlas Obscura September 15, 2020
Henrietta Gomez and Gilbert Suazo, Sr., receive a Taos Pueblo squash in 2018.
food

Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes

They are being recovered from seed banks, university vaults, and museum shelves.
María Paula Rubiano A. November 2, 2022
There's smoke, but no wildfire.
fires

To Protect a Recreated Native Village, California Firefighters Fought Fire With Fire

A slow, careful burn insulated Kule Loklo against a fearsome wildfire.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 4, 2020
The inside of a boab nut, a versatile source of food in the Kimberley.
science

The Researchers Bringing 'Uniquely Australian Foods' to Stores Near You

Scientists and Indigenous businesses are collaborating to identify under-appreciated bush tucker.
Ronan O'Connell August 28, 2020
Just offshore from the postcard-worthy landscapes is a seismic threat as catastrophic as any on earth.
disasters

A Massive Earthquake Is Coming to Cascadia—And It Can't Be Stopped

But it can be anticipated and mitigated. Meet four guardians of the Pacific Northwest.
Kaitlyn Schwalje August 25, 2020
Although potentially poisonous in raw form, cooked pokeweed has long been a hearty green in Louisiana.
food

The Native-American Origins of Gumbo

While credit for the dish is widely shared, here’s how to choose ingredients that celebrate its Indigenous roots.
Morgan Randall June 9, 2025
This aerial photograph shows the scale of sea ice environment where it meets the Arctic Ocean. Somewhere within this expanse of water, an umiaq must intercept a bowhead whale within 3 yards.
animals

As the Arctic Warms, the Iñupiat Adapt

"What choice do we have?"
Atlas Obscura August 6, 2020
The Lake Akan Ainu Kotan, Kushiro.
Kushiro, Japan

Lake Akan Ainu Kotan

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.
Taxidermy skunks at the Field Museum.
animals

The Surprising Importance of Skunks in the History of Chicago

An Anishinaabe word for skunk likely inspired the city's name.
Alex Schwartz July 29, 2020
Harvard University's Peabody Museum was one of many museums that once used pesticides on Native American cultural objects.
poison

Museums Once Coated Native Cultural Objects in Toxic Pesticides

Before you can decolonize a museum collection, you may need to decontaminate it.
Lorraine Boissoneault July 9, 2020
Heart Shaped Rih Dil Lake
Myanmar

Rih Dil

This heart-shaped lake near the border of India and Myanmar is deeply rooted in Mizo folklore.
Cairn at centre of wheel
Vulcan County, Alberta

Iniskim Umaapi (Majorville Medicine Wheel)

This remote 4,500 year old medicine wheel is one of the last of its kind.
Activists, farmers, and indigenous groups around the world have jointed together to protest corporate seed patents.
plants

How to Plant a Home Garden and 'Free the Seed'

By saving and swapping seeds, you can preserve agricultural heritage.
Reina Gattuso May 19, 2020
Perry Bridge, Australia

Ramahyuck Cemetery

At Ramahyuck, the Gunaikurnai people were forced to trade their freedom and culture for protection. Today, a cemetery is all that remains of the site.
Osoyoos, British Columbia

Nk'Mip Cellars

North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.
Chef Brian Yazzie says your pantry is likely full of indigenous American ingredients, such as canned corn and dried beans.
food

The Chef Bringing Native American Flavors to Communities in Quarantine

For Brian Yazzie, the COVID-19 pandemic evokes a history of smallpox, European colonization, and indigenous resilience.
Reina Gattuso March 27, 2020
An invisible toxin has appeared in shellfish that are part of the fabric of Native Alaskan life.
poison

How Warming Waters and Toxic Clams Threaten Native Alaskans

“If you can’t gather shellfish then you’re going to starve.”
Zoya Teirstein March 9, 2020
Eegeesiak Shoo holds up his carving of a walrus in Makigiarvik jail.
art

The Incarcerated Inuit Artists Who Carve to Support Their Families

In the frigid city of Iqaluit, Canada, a men's jail has become an unlikely part of the art market.
Jennifer Bain March 3, 2020