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Native Americans

Salamanca, New York

Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center

This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.

Monument to Miantonomo

Norwich, Connecticut

Monument to Miantonomo

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

Ely S. Parker's Grave

Buffalo, New York

Ely S. Parker's Grave

An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.

John Eliot Memorial

Newton, Massachusetts

John Eliot Memorial

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

Pilgrim Hall Museum

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Pilgrim Hall Museum

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.

The Radical Act of Opening a Brewery as a Native American

Many associate beer and spirits with disease and colonialism.

Eric J. Wallace November 16, 2020

Bayfield, Wisconsin

Copper Crow Distillery

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

Yup'ik dancers at a dance festival at Toksook Bay in 1996.

How Alaskan Yup’ik People Are Reviving the Culture Lost to the 1919 Flu

After the pandemic erased a generation, putting the pieces of the puzzle back together.

Natasha Frost October 5, 2020

A wasp investigates the fruit and flowers atop a saguaro cactus south of Sells, Arizona.

The Ancient Art of Harvesting Fruit in the Desert

Treasured by the Tohono O’odham, saguaro fruit appear only in the Sonoran summer.

Chris Malloy September 25, 2020

Truxton Canyon Training School

Valentine, Arizona

Truxton Canyon Training School

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

Wildfires—including a blaze near Highway 62 in Eagle Point, Oregon, on September 9 2020—are stretching along America's West Coast, and potentially imperiling heritage sites.

How Does an Archaeologist Keep Heritage Sites Safe From Wildfires?

It involves Twitter, maps, dozer lines, and luck.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 16, 2020

The print on artist Melinda Shcakhofer's mask is based on an 18th-century engraving of a slave ship.

Indigenous Artists Are Reclaiming Masks as a Source of Storytelling and Strength

Bringing together traditional materials and modern messages.

Carolyn B. Heller September 15, 2020

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.

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

Moqui Cave

Moqui Cave

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Henrietta Gomez and Gilbert Suazo, Sr., receive a Taos Pueblo squash in 2018.

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

Mount Shasta can generate lenticular clouds, which may contribute to its supernatural reputation.

There's Something About Mount Shasta

The California peak’s striking presence and geological complexity have inspired many believers.

Laura Kiniry September 4, 2020

There's smoke, but no wildfire.

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

Just offshore from the postcard-worthy landscapes is a seismic threat as catastrophic as any on earth.

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