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The Native Peoples of North America (also known as American Indians, Native Americans, Indigenous Americans, and First Americans) are the original inhabitants of North America believed to have migrated into the region between 40,000-14,000...

Native American house burial, illustration from page 175 of A Further Contribution to the Study of Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, 1881.

Frame of a traditional Native American sweat lodge, photo by Chorazy Jane, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Native American medicine bag, illustration from the Annual Archaeological Report, 1915, by Rowland B. Orr, published in Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, No. 17-18, 1916.

Bear Dance, hand-colored lithograph by George Catlin, 1844. Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, USA.

Indian Sun Dance, wood engraving by Jules Tavernier and Paul Frenzeny in Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1875.

Buffalo and Eagle Wing is a legend of the Plains Indians culture of North America, which is part origin myth and part cautionary tale on the importance of keeping one's promises. Although scholars agree on the general provenance of the tale...

In the Fall of 2022, Tanka Fund worked with @TheNatureConservancy to release 88 buffalo (aka Tatanka, American Buffalo, and American Bison) back to Native lands and in the care of Native American buffalo caretakers - across 10 different native...

Our Diné share stories about the origin of life in the winter time. Generally they are called “Winter Stories”. Our Diné share these to teach and remember where we come from and who we are. But, there is a problem. One story covers...

Thanksgiving Day play at an unknown Native American boarding school, c. 1900. Minnesota Historical Society.