The centuries-old objects are set to be returned under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

July 4 is a day many Americans celebrate to honor the country’s independence from Great Britain. For many Native Americans, ...

These institutions shrink the space between art and life by serving as places where entire communities can cohere through storytelling.

Only two of Puerto Rico’s other 77 municipalities have smaller populations than Vieques (just 9,106 inhabitants, according to the 2000 census). In north-shore Isabel Segunda, the island’s commercial ...

If history had taken a different turn, the place now known as Oklahoma could have seen an even stronger win for Native American sovereignty. That area was once known as Indian Territory: a land ...

4. Juglans jamaicensis The West Indian walnut tree is not native to Jamaica despite its name. It’s actually native to Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. This is a large tree that ...

Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and its residents are U.S. citizens. “It looked to me like they were specifically going after certain kinds of people — not every kind.

As a We Wai Kai First Nation member, I know that food connects Indigenous people to our history, traditions, and stories. There are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes; approximately ...

Another invasive species on the island is the small Indian mongoose. These mongoose are native to Iraq and northern South Asia but have been in Puerto Rico since 1877. They were brought to the island ...

For many Puerto Ricans, including myself, the images of the wildfires that tore through Maui hit hard. The devastation dredged up painful memories of Hurricane Maria, which ravaged Puerto Rico in 2… ...