Anishinaabe call the cluster of seven stars in the winter sky Bugonagiizhig, or Hole in the Sky. Navajos say it is Dilyh, or Sparkling. And Senecas say it is the Seven Dancers. On conventional Western star maps, the cluster is known as the Pleiades,

Elaine Miles (Cayuse and Nez Perce) didnt seek out her breakout role as the humorously deadpan Lingt office manager Marilyn Whirlwind in the hit TV show, “Northern Exposure“, but after she was cast and became a beloved addition to the show,

Whether you view the New Year as a good time for a hard reboot or just a few tweaks here and there, a few words of encouragement cant hurt. A lot of people see January as the time to launch a new exercise routine or start being a more patient parent. It

A team of researchers are actively sifting through archival documents, artifacts, even artwork to expand the story of Indigenous slavery. The Native Bound Unbound project includes interactive maps, digitized documents, and recent interviews with descendan

The scariest clown to ever appear on screen drives a storyline involving a fictional tribe in Maine. IT: Welcome to Derry uses horror writer Stephen Kings 1986 novel as a jumping off point. The hit HBO Max miniseries provides a new Native American them

A historically devastating salmon die-off on the Klamath River in 2002 was among the influences putting Amy Bowers Cordalis (Yurok) on her path of conservation. She recounts that moment, along with her familys multigenerational fight to save their ties t

As South Dakota tribes mark the 135th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre, they face a headwind of history revision by the Trump administration. After years of admonishment by tribal leaders to rescind the Medals of Honor awarded to the soldiers who

On the cusp of what could be a new era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), some researchers are urging caution and the need for deliberate controls to keep the developing technology from robbing Indigenous people of their cultures and sovereignty. A project

December is a traditional time for feasts, family, and giving, but the financial and time burdens of the holiday-heavy month, combined with the change of seasons and other factors, also make it a time ripe for breaks in a persons mental health. Well fin

New York Times best-selling author Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) made a number of best-of-2025 lists with the third book in her series centered in the Ojibwe community, Sugar Island, titled Sisters in the Wind. Another fa