New hantavirus infections aboard a cruise ship have thrust the hantavirus into the global spotlight. Hantavirus infections remain rare, with only about 1,000 cases reported in the U.S. in more than 30 ...

While many Americans spend May 5 celebrating Cinco de Mayo, a day that commemorates the Mexican army’s unexpected victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, Native Americans ...

A program focused on the nation’s Indigenous populations and the American Revolution is up next in Illinois State Historical ...

Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience on Monday with ceremonies, dances and speeches. Events across the U.S. come four years after President Joe Biden ...

A long-held theory about the earliest migration to the Americas is under fresh scientific fire. For years, many believed that the First Peoples came from Japan, tracing their ancestry to the Jomon, a ...

Ruth-Ann Thorn was shopping with her daughter at a Sephora one day when her daughter asked a question that changed everything ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phenocia Bauerle, UC Berkeley director of Native American Student Development, is helping lead efforts to address growing cases of ...

Tribes in Wisconsin are celebrating a new law that gives them exclusive control over sports betting, but a similar attempt ...

In many Native American traditions, wolves are seen as powerful and meaningful animals that carry deep symbolic value. These ...

Critics say the “pretendians” take positions from Native Americans, betray their students and potentially commit research fraud. UC has launched a “fact-finding mission” into the issue. For years, ...