Weaving together the traditional environmental knowledge of the Haudenosaunee with environmental science is the focus of the Native Earth Sumer Camp for Native American youth in August. The camp, ...

Opinion This Mother’s Day, Native News Online honors Native mothers — the life-givers, the culture-keepers, the women whose strength holds our nations together. For Native peoples, motherhood is more ...

(SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH) — South Dakota education officials have struggled to revise social studies standards that include guidelines for teaching Native American history and culture, but a new poll ...

Minnesota schools are getting new materials to enhance their teaching of Native American history, as an emerging book series aims to blend a more comprehensive approach with compassion and curiosity.

Every November, someone contacts me to present about Native Americans for Native American Heritage Month. In such presentations, I provide background about the month and why it matters. But I also ...

The dilemma arose just a few days before the book was set to go to press. Two contributing authors confronted their editor, Larry Gross, an associate professor of race and ethnic studies at University ...

As someone who identifies as Navajo and Choctaw, Nizhoni Ward said her own experiences with what’s taught in Illinois public schools about her ancestry included the classic story of “Columbus sailing ...

Muskego — meaning sunfish. Mukwonago — meaning the place of the bears. Wauwatosa — meaning firefly. These Potawatomi names are just a few of the towns and cities around Southeastern Wisconsin with ...