The U.S. spends less than 1% of its budget on foreign assistance. Tim Rieser, a senior foreign policy aide in the Senate who ...

October 13, 2025, is when Americans will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. That day is also Columbus Day. Columbus was ...

Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights.

Lands inhabited by Indigenous peoples in the tropics host much of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 60 million ...

These newcomers to the Altiplano were genetically related to Chibchan language speakers, an indigenous group that still exists today in Central America and some areas of Colombia. The study reveals ...

Activists say the effort to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day has been resisted by people who view Columbus as a representative of Italian-American history. “Italian-Americans ...

The first people to inhabit the Americas migrated from modern-day Russia about 20,000 to 30,000 years ago, a new study has found. Published on May 15 in the journal Science, the study suggests ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America ...

The state of Louisiana is home to four federally recognized Indigenous tribes. The Chitimacha Tribe, the Coushatta Tribe of ...

SIMOJOVEL, Mexico (AP) — At a recent service in the remote southern Mexican community of Simojovel, Catholic and Mayan symbolism mingled at the altar as the deacon — his wife beside him — read the ...

Montana is home to 12 tribes. Why doesn't the state recognize Indigenous Peoples Day? Where past discussions on similar legislation focused on Native American history and culture as well as the ...

A debate continues among scientists over whether tree composition in forests in eastern North America historically ... and controlled use of fire by Indigenous people to manage their environment.