First they found metates — ancient grinding stones. A human pinky bone, jawbone and ribs were next. Repeated discoveries of Native American remains and other artifacts on the site of a housing ...
In dusty excavation reports and antiquarian volumes, a lawyer-turned-archaeologist has uncovered evidence that upends the known history of human gambling. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...
In early 1777, British General John Burgoyne hatched a plan to take over New York’s Hudson River Valley and end the American Revolution by cutting off the colonists’ maritime supply routes. Fort ...
A new study in American Antiquity presents evidence that the earliest known dice in human history were made and used by Native American hunter-gatherers on the western Great Plains more than 12,000 ...
Solicitor General D. John Sauer seemed to struggle when pressed by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday on whether Native Americans should be considered birthright citizens. The question ...
Justice Neil Gorsuch pressed the government on its argument that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause requires a child’s parents to be lawful permanent residents to obtain birthright citizenship.
WASHINGTON — In a moment that could take on new significance almost 150 years later, Omaha election official Charles Wilkins on April 5, 1880, refused to register John Elk to vote on the grounds that ...
New Mexico is now one of the first states in the nation to cover traditional Native American healing practices under Medicaid. The coverage was approved in October 2024 by the federal government for ...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, is set to be the next Department of Homeland Security secretary, replacing Kristi Noem, who was fired by President Donald Trump on March 5. If confirmed, ...
Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! When America’s founders were walking the cobblestones of Philadelphia in 1776 while ...
Former Tarrant County GOP Chairman Bo French is at it again—this time calling for the deportation of Native Americans. A Thursday Facebook post alleged that French, who is currently vying for a spot ...
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