The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country ...

Fry bread is a popular food in many Native communities — but has a dark history. One student talks to her grandmother about its complicated place in Native culture. This is an excerpt from "Making ...

November marks Native American Heritage Month — a time not just for remembrance but for recognition. It’s a time to celebrate who we are today: sovereign nations, community leaders, innovators and ...

Unconditional love. That's what Vangie Randall-Shorty felt the moment she first held her son. She still feels it - even though Zachariah Shorty is now gone. "I carry him in my heart every day," she ...

The Frontier Culture Museum’s recent cancellation of its annual Native American History Day event was due to a possibility of a “disturbance” based on social media posts. The event, which was planned ...

A Native American organization sued the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, over new insurance requirements for its annual National Day of Mourning event. The United American Indians of New England ...

In her new cookbook “Rooted in Fire: A Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking,” Pyet DeSpain, Season 1 winner of Gordon Ramsay’s “Next Level Chef” competition series, offers a warm ...

Let me start by acknowledging once more that fry bread is not a traditional food. Native people have mixed feelings about this bread because its ingredients represent our colonization. Yet I can’t ...

Rekha Basu is a longtime syndicated columnist, editorial writer, reporter and author of the book, “Finding Your Voice.” She retired in 2022 as a Des Moines Register columnist. U.S. Immigration and ...

Every November, Native American Heritage Month invites us to look more deeply at the stories that shape our understanding of the first peoples of this continent. And few storytelling mediums have been ...

Having the audacity to pursue truth is a courageous act. And, when studying historical texts or reading for leisure, it is important to examine the written word comparatively. Because the question ...

Today on In the Kitchen with Matt, we are making Fry Bread. This fry bread is incredibly easy to make, simple ingredients, and makes a great breakfast, brunch, or snack. All you pretty much need is ...