In 1937, Phoenix was a small city isolated in the middle of the Arizona desert with a population of less than 50,000 people who, like the rest of the nation, were struggling to recover from the Great ...

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Americans, opening at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, in October 2017"--Title page verso. NMAI copy 39088019486273 gift of ...

– Developing a checklist for affected schools to use in their self-analysis. – Continuing to monitor the use of mascots, nicknames, logos and behaviors pertaining to the issue. – Establishing criteria ...

In addition to curating Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the Field, Cécile R. Ganteaume is co-curator of the exhibition Americans, on view at the museum on the National Mall, and author of ...

Damion Thomas, National Museum of African American History and Culture, moderates the panel discussion and Q & A on the topic of the first panel of the day, Contested Symbols in Sports and American ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado schools with mascots like “Savages” and “Reds” would have to change the derogatory American Indian symbols or face monthly fines under a bill just ...

The Chiefs' logo on the field of a preseason game. The Kansas City Chiefs are ranked No. 1 in the AFC West and come in at No. 4 in the just-released NFL power rankings. Chiefs fans are feeling proud.

Utah tribal leaders protest legislation aimed to keep Native American mascots Before facing east to the snowcapped mountains to lead a prayer, Eileen Quintana asked the 50 or so protesters who ...

The Indian Removal Act, signed by Andrew Jackson in 1830, became for American Indians one of the most detrimental laws in U.S. history. Nation to Nation looks at Removal’s historic and legal ...

A Cedar City lawmaker wants the state to assert its formal opposition to stripping Native American names or symbols from schools — about a year after a high school in his community scrapped its ...

CASS LAKE, Minn. -- A prominent American Indian activist passed away late Sunday, Oct. 29.Dennis Banks -- a Leech Lake band member whose Ojibwe name means "in the center of the universe" -- co-founded ...

Land O'Lakes bids farewell to the American Indian woman's illustration that adorned its packaging since 1928. The image of a non-specific American Indian with a feather in her hair kneeling will be ...