Discover the surveillance of Indigenous activists opposing a lithium mine in Nevada, raising concerns about civil liberties ...

On Monday, October 12, 14 states and the District of Columbia, more than 130 cities, and growing numbers of schools will observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day. If you and the young people in your life ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a holiday that came about as an alternative to Columbus Day — is a chance to reflect on how the US has treated Indigenous people and fight for a better future.

Long before Houston's skyscrapers and suburbs, tribes like the Karankawa and Atakapa lived here, shaped the land and were violently displaced over centuries.

Then, in 1992, at the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage, American Indians in Berkeley, California, organized the first “Indigenous Peoples Day,” a holiday the City Council soon formally ...

No, we are indigenous people who have our identities in the land where we live ... Since the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492, many indigenous communities have decried the ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day advocates say the recognition helps correct a “whitewashed” American history that has glorified Europeans, such as Columbus, who have committed violence against Indigenous ...

Monday is becoming increasingly known as Indigenous Peoples' Day, a commemoration of Native American history and culture.. While the second Monday in October has historically been celebrated as ...

Push for Indigenous Peoples Day comes on Italian American Heritage Day, Columbus Day 02:22. By Courtney Cole, WBZ-TV. BOSTON -- The second Monday of every October is one that is both celebratory ...

Reséndez, a professor of history at the University of California, Davis, estimates between 2.5 million and 5 million Indigenous people were enslaved from 1491 to 1900.

Recent events in several countries in South America perpetuate the turbulent pattern of progress followed by defeat that has characterized the long struggle for equality for the indigenous peoples ...

Indigenous people have often been erased from the country's historical record — a survey from the National Congress of American Indians found that 87% of state history standards don't mention ...