Native Americans

Philip Yenyo, the American Indian Movement of Ohio's executive director, told Newsweek the Great Serpent Mound is a sacred site for Native Americans and it is wrong for other groups to perform ceremonies there.

"The Braves' name honors our nation's Native American heritage, which should not be erased — and under no circumstances should one of the most celebrated teams in sports cave to the demands of the cancel culture and the radical left," the senators said in a statement on Monday.

TikTok is serving as a platform for Indigenous content creators to share their culture and time-honored traditions in a more modern way with millions of people.

Much has changed over the past 400 years of celebrating Thanksgiving.

While Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving, Native Americans show a different side to the day by commemorating their ancestors who were killed. On the 50th Anniversary of the Day of Mourning, Indigenous peoples are once again fighting an epidemic and to get their voices heard.

There is something deeply unifying about knowing that every family in every corner of the country is eating (more or less) the same meal and sharing in the same traditions.

"In place of these so-called "myths," the liberal newspaper seeks to substitute its own, claiming the history of our nation is an unbroken tale of conflict, oppression and misery," he wrote.

Six Native Americans won their congressional races on Tuesday, including two candidates in New Mexico.

If you work for the government, you get a long weekend.

The Native American territory has 9,903 confirmed cases, with 7,154 patients reportedly recovered.

Benjamin Black Elk fought for indigenous education and spread Lakota cultures and traditions, all while becoming one of the most photographed men in history.

The remains likely belong to the Karankawa Kadla people, who are native to southeastern Texas.

The Washington football team has used the controversial nickname since 1933.

A second statue of Christopher Columbus was removed in Newark, New Jersey, as statues of the European explorer have been targeted by anti-racism demonstrators across the country.

One tribe member said the monument in South Dakota was a symbol of "white supremacy" and racism in society today.

Statues of Father Junipero Serra have been repeatedly targeted since he was made a saint by Pope Francis in 2015.

"We're talking about a criminal who through these fables in American history has been made out to be this discoverer," Cliff Matias of the Redhawk Native American Arts Council told Newsweek.

The Washington Redskins joined other major sports teams and people across the globe Tuesday when it tweeted a blank, black photo with a hashtag of "BlackOutTuesday."

Navajo Nation, the largest Native American territory in the U.S., has the highest per capita infection rate in the country, surpassing that of New York, the worst-hit state.

The death count could be higher as many of the territory's most critical patients have reportedly been transferred to state hospitals and unaccounted for in the official figures for the Navajo Nation.

In a letter signed by 200 Native Americans, the senator is asked to make a public statement addressing her native heritage claims.

"The ecological impact of Native Americans before European arrival has been debated for decades," researcher Wyatt Oswald said.

After Trump tweeted thanking "Indian Country," a debate started online about whether it was an offensive term.

No American can be comfortable with the level of violence Native American women and girls face.

"The horrifying acts of violence against hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee should be condemned, not celebrated with Medals of Honor," said Senator Elizabeth Warren, who introduced an act to have Medals of Honor rescinded from U.S. soldiers who participated in the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890.

The Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation has been petitioning for federal acknowledgement since 1982, but the Office of Federal Acknowledgement has repeatedly declined to recognize the group as a real tribe.

Tongass National Forest is one of the largest intact temperate forests in the world, covering an area of around 16.7 million acres.

The settlement dates from the period spanning 900 to 1200 A.D.

The purchase will represent the single largest conservation deal in the history of the Pacific Northwest.

The House voted overwhelmingly to support the bill recognizing the early 20th century genocide, in which more than 1 million Armenians are thought to have been killed.