From there, Cody, who was Italian American but claimed to have Cherokee heritage through his father, was typecast as a stock Native American character, appearing in over 80 films.

How Native American Slaveholders Complicate the Trail of Tears Narrative The new exhibition ‘Americans’ at the National Museum of the American Indian prompts a deeper dive for historic truths ...

Sal and Ruby headed over to the Native American Pow Wow and Festival, not to protest it, just to check it out. Two Indians, in full-length dresses, leggings and moccasins, swayed to a drum beat in ...

Stamper said Native American Heritage Month is a time when her school, which is in the heart of the Qualla Boundary or Cherokee Indian Reservation as it's often called, celebrates and educates ...

MARTIN: Chief, in 2010, the National Congress of American Indians declared that, in essence, this is an emergency. They estimated that by 2050, only 20 Native languages will still be spoken.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian celebrates Native American Heritage Month (Nov. 1 – 31) with numerous events honoring American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian ...