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The Long Path Toward Establishing Indigenous People's Day, a Day to Honor and Recognize the First Peoples of America

Native American Indians are committed to making Indigenous Peoples Day a national holiday in 2024.

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The Quapaw Treaty Was Honored for Only Six Years Before the United States Broke It

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Women’s History Month featuring Native Rights Champion Suzan Shown Harjo

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How to Play Snow Snake, the Traditional Winter Game of the Haudenosaunee

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How Christmas Is Celebrated Across Indian Country

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The Indigenous Effect: Native People in Film

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The National Museum of the American Indian Offers Many Online Resources to Honor Veterans Day

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Through the Indigenous Lens of Photographer Tomas 'Teko' Alejo

The quilted work Tears of Our Children, Tears for Our Children created by Susan Hudson (Diné/Navajo) depicts the effects of assimilation and boarding schools on the lives of Diné/Navajo children and adults.

Healing Soul Wounds: Grappling with the Indian Boarding School Era

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What the 1865 Cheyenne Arapaho Treaty Represents About the United States' Broken Promises to Native Americans

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Festivals Officially Return to the National Museum of the American Indian Starting with the Cherokee Festival

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A Return to the Wounded Knee Occupation, 50 Years Later

Michigan Anishinaabe women April Lindala, Linda Batiste-Cohen and Michelle Reed

Christmas Across Native America

Thanksgiving from an Indigenous Perspective

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Five Ideas for Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022

Bison on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana

The Return of a National Icon

Join Us to Honor the Exceptional Military Service of Native Americans

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Max Hiroshi Yamane: Initiating Relationships with Native People

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National Poetry Month: An Interview With Alaskan Poet Ishmael Angaluuk Hope

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With Color and Pageantry, Denver March Powwow Signals the Season's Opening

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The Long Path Toward Establishing Indigenous People's Day, a Day to Honor and Recognize the First Peoples of America

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