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1783: Spain regains control of Florida after the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively grants the United States of ...
Most people don’t expect to meet Indigenous people in a place like Martha’s Vineyard, which is primarily known for being a ...
THE STATES: While not a federal holiday, Indigenous Peoples Day is observed by 17 states, including Washington, South Dakota and Maine, as well as Washington, D.C., according to the Pew Research ...
Montgomery County began recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day annually on the second Monday of October, historically associated with Columbus Day. Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 marked the first Indigenous ...
A group representing different Native American tribal nations is making a journey across the country. They are raising ...
Meet the Narragansett people of Rhode Island in this week's podcast episode of "Lost Cultures: Living Legacies." ...
The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.
Thirty years after Disney released “Pocahontas,” the film’s Oscar-winning song has taken on a life of its own with millennial ...
Black Americans’, our’ relationship to this annual holiday has always been fraught. In 1852, nearly a century after the ...
America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates is as much critique as celebration, writes documentary filmmaker. While Bates’ ...
What the Olive Branch Petition suggests about the founders — and Americans today.
The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression ...