A curious prehistoric site on a hilltop in northern Ohio may reflect the spiritual cosmology of the ancient hunter-gatherer people who built the site around 2,300 years ago, according to a new study.

That art work, some of it 6,000 years old, tells a unified story, the view the Native Americans had of the universe they lived in, according to archaeologists. It was a layered cosmology, similar to ...

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE—An analysis of 50 cave art and 44 outdoor art sites in the southern section of the Appalachian Mountains indicates that, more than 6,000 years ago, Native Americans were ...

Time and time again, we have served as “cultural explainers,” reminding people that Native American people are still here and that our culture is not a costume. We are not Disney characters.

Native Americans also believe in a symbiotic relationship in which the seeds, or seed relatives, take care of them by providing food. In return, ... “These foods and seeds figure prominently in our ...

It's Native American Heritage Day. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ned Blackhawk, a professor of History and American Studies at Yale, about the history of the day and what it means to observe it.

A curious prehistoric site on a hilltop in northern Ohio may reflect the spiritual cosmology of the ancient hunter-gatherer people who built the site around 2,300 years ago, according to a new study.