Fawn Douglas puts an urban spin on traditional basketmaking. Instead of using desert plants, she tightly weaves heavy conduit ...

PBS will present MEDICINE BALL, a new hour-long documentary following Native American college student-athletes as they examine the complex history of basketball in Indigenous boarding schools and its ...

A pioneer of Catholic education on the American frontier, Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852) established the Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States in 1818. Her journey forms part of the wider ...

The Michelin Guide ceremony for restaurants in the American South will take place Wednesday in Nashville amid new questions about the rating system’s credibility. Will any Atlanta restaurants gain a ...

A soldier who is Native American was blessed with sacred tobacco and fanned with his veteran grandfather's eagle feather by friends and family at his tapping-out ceremony. Marcos Davis Reyes, 21, a ...

Joni Mitchell has officially become an American citizen at age 82, more than six decades after she first moved to the United States. The music icon, who hails from Canada, announced the news on ...

These photographs from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest showcase Native Americans taking part in their respective tribal customs ...

Scientists found that prolonged fasting triggers major changes throughout the body, but many of the most interesting effects only appeared after about three days without food. The results suggest ...

Native American Day is now a paid holiday for California state workers. “California designated the fourth Friday of September in 1998 as California Native American Day to dismantle the misconceptions ...