Forty years ago, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act finally finally extended that right to the country’s Native citizens. Here Native Americans who observe traditional ways talk about ...

Peltier, who has always maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents 50 years ago, was released Tuesday from a ...

In writing the book, Gill aims to introduce an academically and humanistically useful way of trying to appreciate and understand the complexity and diversity of Native American religions, as well as ...

On Dec. 4, the two-year struggle by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protect their sacred land and water ended – at least for now – when the Obama administration denied the easement ...

Even though it is a controlled substance under federal law, an exemption afforded by a 1994 amendment to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act made it legal for Native Americans to use ...

National Museum of the American Indian, Washington ... areas of expertise into Harjo’s impact on issues such as Native religious freedom and cultural rights; repatriation and the protection ...

Peyote is a controlled substance under federal law. But a 1994 amendment to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act made it legal for Native Americans to use, possess, and transport peyote for ...

Jordan, the mission of the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) seeks to serve the Native community ... were sent to the Brafferton School for religious instruction and to learn to speak English so ...

The Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) minor, offered by the College of Liberal Arts is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental minor that focuses on the history, cultures, religions, ...

The North American Indian. Between 1900 and 1930, Curtis traveled across the continent photographing more than seventy Native American tribes. The photographs presented daily activities, customs, and ...

The number of Americans who identify at least partially as American Indian or Alaska Native grew from 5.2 million in 2010 to 9.7 million in 2020 – an 85% increase, according to the most recent ...