Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with the first people to reach North America. In the coastal parts of present-day ...

Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a holiday aiming to recognize the resilience and diversity of Indigenous communities in the United States, is on Monday, Oct. 14. It is celebrated across the country ...

Indigenous peoples in the Americas were first identified as “Indians” by European colonizers. Those so defined had no prior sense of common identity, which only developed through the ...

U.S. observes Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day 07:57. President Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor's practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside ...

How Indigenous peoples are reclaiming their celebrations of the summer solstice − and using them to resist (The Conversation) — A historian ...

“Indigenous Voices of the Americas” is made possible by support from Bank of America, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies and Ford Philanthropy. The program also received federal support from the ...

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have for years worked alongside private mine security to surveil the largely peaceful protesters who oppose the Thacker Pass project.

A new commentary piece in Nature argues that the much-cited claim that Indigenous peoples protect 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity is not only baseless, but wrong. Although scientists ...

Pat Vegas of Redbone performs at Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration at Los Angeles Grand Park in 2018. Columbus Day celebrations in the United States—meant to honor the legacy of the man ...

Things have not always been so grim. In 1988, following a blighted period of military rule, Brazil enacted a new constitution guaranteeing rights for indigenous peoples, above all the right to ...

While Halloween is on the minds of most people during October, there are two other holidays — Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day — that happen first, and both on the same date.. Columbus ...