Native Americans

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

The largest canoe collection in the world—and the most Canadian museum ever.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.