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Indigenous & Pre‑Colonial America
Native nations, cultures, sovereignty, and contact before 1600s.
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Louisville organizations recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (213+ words) Indigenous Peoples’ Day falls on the second Monday in October, the same day as Columbus Day, a federal holiday commemorating Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492. According to the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Italy, Italian Americans…...
Ecological Fragmentation as Jointly Political: The Splintering and Rebuilding of Tribal Buffalo Habitat and Tribal Territory
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (286+ words) University of Colorado Boulder Libby Lunstrum Professor of Environmental StudiesBoise State UniversityDylan DesRosierBlackfeet Program ManagerThe Nature ConservancyAbstract: Habitat or landscape fragmentation is a major challenge for biodiversity conservation, yet current understandings focus primarily on its ecological dimensions, overlooking the fact…...
Forgotten no more: Alaska community embraces long-lost student’s return
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (1767+ words) The remains of an Alaska Native student who died while attending the Carlisle boarding school finally made it home to Shishmaref more than 100 years later This story was originally published by ICT. SHISHMAREF, Alaska — The Northern Lights danced in the…...
Historic house cradles a homecoming for the Lenape indigenous people
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (373+ words) TUCKAHOE, New York -- Back in 1700, Edward Ward acquired the entirety of Eastchester from the Lenape in exchange for a modest assortment of guns, coats, kettles, cider, axes and woodworking tools. Generations later, community leaders are acknowledging mistakes and taking steps…...
Built on stilts: How the vernacular designs of the Northeast still carry ancestral wisdom
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (303+ words) As we travel from south to the north-eastern part of India, the terrain changes drastically — the shades of green grow lush, the twists in roads increase exponentially. Be it the gushing Brahmaputra and the river banks, the verdant, lofty mountains…...
Iñupiaq village embraces return of long-lost student’s remains
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (1769+ words) This story was originally published by ICT. SHISHMAREF, Alaska — The Northern Lights danced in the night sky to welcome Tummassak home. More than 125 years after she died while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Tummassak is now at rest on…...
Nebraska marks fifth year observing Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day together
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (355+ words) OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Banks are closed. Most state and local government offices are shut down. Mail is not being delivered. Nebraska first celebrated Columbus Day in 1911. This year marks the fifth year the state has observed Indigenous Peoples Day alongside…...
Remains of 11 Native children who died at a boarding school are returned to tribes
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (78+ words) NPR Remains of 11 Native children who died at a boarding school are returned to tribes The Office of Army Cemeteries have returned the remains of 11 Native American and Alaska Native students who died while attending the Carlisle boarding school in…...
Southeast Missouri sites preserve Indigenous history, culture
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (591+ words) CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) — Indigenous Peoples’ Day is bringing attention to Native American history and culture, with two southeast Missouri sites offering opportunities to learn about the region’s past and the communities that shaped it. Trail of Tears State Park…...
Remembering lives lost at the Rapid City Indian Boarding School
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (210+ words) RAPID CITY, SD – Hundreds gathered Monday morning for the annual Remembering the Children Memorial Walk, a gathering to remember the children who lived and died at the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. The annual remembrance began at the Formal Gardens…...