November’s National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month honors the deep-rooted traditions, cultural contributions, and resilience of Indigenous communities. This month is a time to celebrate Native heritage, recognize historical challenges, and commit to building a more inclusive future that values Indigenous wisdom and voices.

There are more than nine million Native Americans living in the United States, representing hundreds of tribal nations with diverse languages, cultures and traditions.

The Arctic culture area, a cold, flat, treeless region (actually a frozen desert) near the Arctic Circle in present-day Alaska, Canada and Greenland, was home to the Inuit and the Aleut.

Our workplaces have much more work to do to ensure Indigenous peoples are included, feel seen, valued and feel that they belong.

Ultimately, it’s about getting indigenous lands back in indigenous hands. Though the fight is not new, activists are seizing on the moment to amplify their demands. Because finally, some non-Natives are paying attention.

New data set quantifies Indigenous land dispossession and forced migration.

Successes such as Prey and Reservation Dogs highlight an important shift for a community who have been demonised and under-represented on screen.

Historian Ned Blackhawk’s new book stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens.

Twila Cassadore hopes teaching Western Apache traditional foodways can aid mental, emotional and spiritual health.

A document of a handful of artists devoted to preserving Puerto Rico’s rich creative traditions.

Winding through British Columbia and Washington, the Skagit has a history that reflects competing conceptions of advancement.

Below is a list of best practices and strategies to help with efforts and make your diversity and inclusion programs successful.

Diane Kelly, executive director of career services for the Cherokee Nation, runs an employment workshop for tribal members at the Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Today, we continue to struggle to ensure Native students have access to high-quality education that embraces and relies on their cultural heritage and experiences. So how do we improve?

Despite the First Amendment, the United States' federal policy toward Native Americans and native religions has been inconsistent.

In Indigenous cultures, hair holds a significant purpose.

There are many teachings and practices in our tribal cultures that are significant to who we are as Native people. One of many things important to our cultural identity is, our hair. Our hair is considered sacred and significant to who we are as an individual, family, and community.

A growing number of colleges are working with tribal nations to help Native students find new connections to their heritage and, as some Native-language experts call it, awaken “sleeping” tongues.

In this post, we take a closer look at some of the indigenous languages of North America.

In this Special Feature, we draw from the work of experts on American Indian health inequities to highlight the unfair disparities this population faces as a result of historical trauma.