The first encounters between European settlers and Native Americans are captured on a wood engraving in this 1888 image. DigitalVision Vectors For the third year, the United States will officially ...

In New England, we are midway through the spring woodland wildflower season. The brilliant painted, red and nodding trilliums are blooming and will soon be followed by that showstopper — the lady’s ...

As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, they are paying homage to a meal that took place more than 400 years ago between a group of colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans in Patuxet, the area ...

The Declaration of Independence is venerated for its poetic language and universalist prologue, with the soaring, “self-evident” truth that all men have the right to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of ...

The Deerfield Massacre was a leap year, February 29, 1704, attack on a remote Franklin County colonial settlement by French and Native American raiders. Forty-seven colonists were killed and houses ...

This time around, there will be no “Indians” at the Boston Tea Party. On Dec. 16, 1773, some of the 100 to 150 colonists who boarded three ships and tossed their tea into the Boston Harbor disguised ...

November is officially designated as National Native American Heritage Month. It celebrates the traditions, language and stories of Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Hawaii Natives and Puerto Rico ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Darius Coombs, Wampanoag and Eastern Woodlands director at Plimoth Patuxet, discussed the dispute between native people and colonists and the result ...

Growing up, Dominique Williams visited her grandmother every weekend. And on each trip, she was greeted by a piece of her past, a name stitched in fabric, filled with centuries of legacy and mystery. ...