These Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs Are Paving The Way For Future Generations
Today, there are more minority women entrepreneurs than ever, and as of 2017, Indigenous Americans owned 1.4% of all women-owned businesses (an estimated 161,500 businesses in the U.S. alone).
'1491' Explores the Americas Before Columbus
Our founding myth suggests the Americas were a lightly populated wilderness before Europeans arrived. Historian Charles C. Mann compiled evidence of a far more complex and populous pre-Columbian society. He tells John Ydstie about 1491.
First Americans
No aspect of our past has been more thoroughly shaped by popular mythology than the history of Native Americans.
A New History of the First Peoples in the Americas
The miracle of modern genetics has revolutionized the story anthropologists tell about how humans spread out across the Earth.
New Zealand Appoints First Indigenous Female Foreign Minister
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced parliament's newest ministers Monday, including the appointment of Nanaia Mahuta to the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs; the nation's first Indigenous woman to hold the position.
10 Things You Don’t Know About Native Americans
There are many misconceptions when it comes to modern American Indians and the way we identify ourselves in society.
Native American Values and Behaviors
Native American people are known for traditional values and behaviors, many of which families across the world work to emulate.
Native Employment During COVID-19: Hit Hard in April but Starting to Rebound?
Native Americans lost a disproportionate number of jobs early in the pandemic but were regaining employment by June.
6 Steps to Create an Inclusive Environment for Indigenous Employees
One of the challenges to retaining Indigenous employees is that many work sites are not inclusive environments.
How Indigenous Communities in Canada Organized an Exemplary Public Health Response to COVID
The unequal impact of COVID-19 on the health of certain groups, including Black, Latinx and Native Americans, became clear from the outset of the pandemic.
The 6 Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
The resulting confederacy, whose governing Great Council of 50 peace chiefs, or sachems (hodiyahnehsonh), still meets in a longhouse, is made up of six nations: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora.
8 Big Lies History Books Tell About Natives
Do history books written by white folks tell the truth about Natives? We think not. Here are just some of the lies they tell.
Native Americans in Colonial America
Native Americans resisted the efforts of the Europeans to gain more land and control during the colonial period, but they struggled to do so against a sea of problems, including new diseases, the slave trade, and an ever-growing European population.
5 Powerful and Influential Native American Women
So often when we think of the great Native American heroes of the past, we think of the brave male warriors and chiefs who led their people through war and the long journey into an uncertain future. Here, we honor the Native American women who soldiered alongside them.
Competitive Advantages of Doing Business With Native American Tribes and Tribal Corporations
In an expanding global economy, investors are looking for competitive advantages and more advantageous business environments.
American Indians and Westward Expansion
What factors, forces or reasons cause people to move from one geographic area to another?
California Tribal Communities
According to most recent census data, California is home to more people of Native American/ Alaska Native heritage than any other state in the Country.
Not Eskimos: 10 Enlightening Facts About the Inuit
10 interesting Inuit facts that everyone should know
American Indians in Texas
Before 1900, historians have estimated, more than 50 Indian "nations" roamed the prairies, or had more permanent settlements, in what is now the state of Texas.