TIME asked 11 experts on indigenous history which Native American historymakers readers should know about. Their responses ...

The Revolutionary War was about many things — self-governance being at the core — but a major driver was access to land. The British restricted colonists’ migration westward across the Appalachian ...

Inaccurate perceptions about Native American life contribute to a sharp under-representation of Native Americans employed by U.S. foundations, according to a new report from the First Nations ...

Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

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A ritual dance would reunite his people with their dead. The Ghost Dance swept across other North American tribes, until fear and violence brought it to a tragic end.

In 1862, a rumor about Native Americans attacking citizens and burning homes caused widespread panic in Sheboygan County. The panic began when a horseman arrived in Sheboygan claiming Natives were ...

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