Each year during Native American Heritage Month in November, school classrooms around the country focus on Indigenous history. For educators in Illinois, this fall marks the first ...

TIME asked 11 experts on indigenous history which Native American historymakers readers should know about. Their responses have been lightly edited. In 1889, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte graduated top ...

ALLENDALE, Mich. — Learning about new cultures is important, and learning straight from the source means even more. At Grand Valley State University (GVSU) those sentiments are ringing true, after it ...

As with many indigenous communities, Native American students often find contemporary science teaching methods challenging because they conflict with the traditional way these students learn. Native ...

Native American animals and their meanings form a profound spiritual vocabulary that indigenous cultures have developed through thousands of years of close observation and reverence for the natural ...

“Native and Indigenous students bring unique strengths, values and perspectives to the University learning environment,” says Dr. Dee Sherwood, director of the Native American Affairs Council. “One of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—From an Indigenous music celebration to a discussion on environmental justice and the tribal community, a diverse array of events is planned at Western Michigan University throughout ...

The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country as they commune with friends and family Dennis Zotigh Beckham Barehand (Dine ...

Communities across Michigan carry traces of the state's Indigenous roots and contemporary cultures — and Native-owned institutions beckon visitors to explore that history. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt ...