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When Native Ceremonies Were Punished: The History Many Americans Never Learned Imagine being punished for practicing a tradition your grandparents taught you. For many Native […]

They Tried to Silence Native Languages. But the Words Survived. Imagine being a child, far from home, and being punished for speaking the language your […]

The Tlingit Woman Who Helped Change Alaska’s Civil Rights History In 1945, a Tlingit woman stood before lawmakers and challenged discrimination in Alaska. Her name […]

The women chose who could lead. For many readers, that sentence may sound surprising when thinking about political life centuries ago. But among the Haudenosaunee, […]

Long Before Modern Roads, Native Trade Networks Connected Distant Communities Their trade routes crossed enormous distances before modern roads existed. Look at a modern map […]

Before the Day Began: Morning Traditions in Native Communities They greeted the sun before they greeted each other. It is a beautiful image: the horizon […]

Before History Was Written Down, It Was Carried by a Human Voice Their history was never written. It was never forgotten. That sentence captures something […]

When Does a Child Become an Adult? Rites of Passage in Native Communities You became an adult the day you gave something away. It is […]