"Great Plains Indians" by David Wishart, University of Nebraska Press, 168 pages, $14.95 The first in a projected series of books called Discover the Great Plains, published by the University of ...

This enormous area of the Great Plains, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and Basin area represented the homelands of many Indian communities. At least 28 tribes might be called Plains Indians.

As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...

The Indian Health Service yesterday transitioned its acting director for the Great Plains Area, Joe Amoitte (Oglala Sioux), to a permanent director. Amiotte has served as the acting director for ...

Revise why people settled in the Great Plains and American West as part of the Bitesize National 5 History topic: U.S.A. (1850-80) ...

Climate change threatens the Great Plains, ... But take a tour sometime of land grazed by bison and you’ll see a strikingly different ... Indian grass and switchgrass — covered 80% to 90% of ...

Millions of buffalo, or American bison, once roamed North America from Canada down to Mexico.They were an integral part of Native American societies that lived on the Great Plains providing food ...

'The Mighty Red' portrays heartbreak past and present for Native Americans and others in North Dakota’s Red River Valley, but author Louise Erdrich finds hope in the landscape as well.

The Great Plains Hub, a satellite branch of the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, recently opened its doors in Rapid City, South Dakota.In a state where life expectancy is 25 years lower ...