Though she faced an uphill battle at every turn, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith had the motivation and drive to work tirelessly to ...

An unlikely — and Jewish — cowboy, Simon Nunes Carvalho documented an exciting (and failed) expedition to the Wild West ...

Charleston's Gibbes Museum of Art hired new president and CEO, H. Alexander Hill, a New York native, Metropolitan Museum of ...

In the drawing “Three Stages of Indian History: Pre-Columbian Freedom ... Toledo Museum of Art Consulting Curator of Native American Art Johanna Minich, Met Associate Curator of Native American ...

Some works reflect the tribe’s long history while other pieces portray animals, people, deep-rooted traditions and even pop ...

Last year, the institute launched its African American Art History Initiative to collect archives and records. Previously, unless an artist was represented by a major museum or gallery ...

An unplanned trip to the San Antonio Botanical Garden made the visitor think about what the land was like before the host ...

This ended up being the first recorded interracial marriage in history. Historical Picture Archive/Corbis via Getty Images Totem poles are one of the most important pieces of art made by Native ...

The History Collection/Alamy The Gabrieleño were one of many Native American peoples living in what is now Los Angeles County when Spanish colonists arrived in the region in 1769. Catholic ...

Illinois has a well-documented history as a removal state, meaning Native Americans were forcibly removed multiple times, including through the Trail of Tears. The Prairie Band Potawatomi’s land in ...

In 1999, the state Legislature enacted the Indian Education for All (IEFA) Act to implement that constitutional mandate, requiring public schools to teach Native American history and culture. And ...

A Native American tribe is using native plants to help their Southern Arizona cultural lands flourish. It's also removing invasive plants and replacing them with species that hold significance in the ...