In the 19th century, over 250,000 Native Americans lived in the Great Plains -- between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains. After the Civil War, however, the U.S. government began to increasingly ...

The return of the bison means the return of the prairie, one of the three great grassland ecosystems on the planet.

This event boded deep changes on the Great Plains ... but horses remain vastly important to many Native Americans, especially the Plains tribes, as objects of pride, as tokens of tradition ...

The Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association and 22 others penned a letter to the White House on Feb. 2 expressing concern ...

At the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a special exhibit is showcasing Native artists through ...

It is primarily associated with Native Americans who live in the Great Plains region. It’s a ceremony that focuses on community prayer and healing. Dennis Zotigh, a cultural specialist at the ...

The past abundance of bison on the Great Plains is well documented, but bison were also common throughout the Rocky Mountains. They seem to have been extirpated by Native Americans from the northern ...

The Native Plant Initiative (NPI) is working to restore native plant biodiversity across the Northern Great Plains through ...

The American Museum of Natural History is shutting down two massive halls dedicated to the history and culture of Native American tribes. The move comes in the wake of new federal rules governing how ...

By 1900, the American buffalo teetered on the brink of disappearing forever, and Native people of the Plains entered one ... tribes at the destruction of the great herds, while crusading ...