In ‘Medicine River,’ journalist Mary Annette Pember confronts the legacy of boarding schools and the trauma passed down through generations ...

When River Kerstetter was asked about three years ago to help curate an exhibit at the Newberry Library about Native Americans and pop culture called “Native Pop!,” she said getting ...

In “The Girl in the Middle,” Martha Sandweiss uses the Peace Commission as a springboard to examine the transformation of the ...

A collection of indelible photographs, maps and “intimate guides” from 1807 to 1940 went beyond extolling the virtues of the ...

President Donald Trump is facing several legal battles as his administration pursues its hardline immigration push and other ...

Yankton Dakota artist Mary Sully opened a solo exhibition at the Met Museum in New York last summer, and right now she has a solo exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Not bad for a ...

In the fallout, some of the Hayes descendants are stepping up. These relatives were reminded why they keep on sharing his ...

The land was given to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, only to be sold out from under them. Now, Gov. JB Pritzker has ...

George Catlin doesn't reside at the Smithsonian — he's been dead for more than a century — but hundreds of his paintings reside in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

In 1838, the capture of Osceola, in a 19th-century portrait, attracted national ... part of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The objects include a pair of woven ...

The first Trump administration built long segments of steel wall on Arizona's border. Conservationists fear wildlife will ...

A sneak peek at upcoming San Diego community events, including street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows and ...