In December 1994, the United Nations proclaimed 1995–2004 the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples. In Latin America—where indigenous peoples comprise some 10 percent of the ...

When we consider pre-Columbian civilizations, we may think first of the peoples of Central America ... a millennium ago, indigenous people across North America were also constructing cosmopolitan ...

The immersion in American Indian and indigenous studies enhances students’ knowledge of the unique heritage of American Indian and indigenous peoples and their relationships with people from other ...

Morgan Harris was one of the Indigenous women slain by Jeremy Skibicki, who is serving multiple life sentences after being convicted of four murders last year.

Native Americans throughout the University of California system are calling out scholars who claim Indigenous heritage ...

Its goals are to encourage the use of the Newberry collections in these areas of study; improve the quality of what is written about American Indians and indigenous peoples; educate teachers about ...

Vikings Were the First Explorers to Visit America Another key differentiator was the discovery of large bison remains. The landscape features a buffalo jump—a cliff that Indigenous people used ...

SEE ALSO: AI's exclusion of Indigenous voices is history repeating itself Central to the Columbus ... either "Indigenous Peoples' Day," "Native American Day," or "American Indian Heritage Day." ...