The Harvard Crimson

Undergrad Researchers Find Harvard Owned, Sold Indigenous Land in Maine

Scholars have spent years studying Harvard’s colonial-era land holdings in New England. Now, undergraduate research on the ...
GBH

For Native Americans, an enduring spiritual connection to the land

For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and ...
Family Destinations Guide

This Stunning State Park In Connecticut Is Absolutely Worth The Road Trip

For geology enthusiasts (or anyone who’s ever picked up an interesting rock and carried it home), Devil’s Hopyard is a treasure trove of fascinating formations. The park sits on some of the oldest ...

Here’s How Every State in America Got Its Name

Land of vegetation The first in our list of state name origins, Alabama is named after the river that European explorers named for a local Native American tribe, according to the Alabama Department of ...

“Lost The Ability To Walk Because Of Energy Drinks”: 50 Interesting And Shocking Stories

The world moves fast, and it’s easy to fall behind. You go about your day—working, meeting friends for coffee, making dinner—and in that short stretch of time, several news stories have likely broken, ...

Archaeologists find location of Native American villages noted by John Smith

Thousands of artifacts were found at Fones Cliffs, an area that was once home to a Virginia tribe that John Smith wrote about ...
WKOW

Dane County celebrates Indigenous culture with art, land acknowledgment

DANE COUNTY WKOW) -- The Dane County Board of Supervisors hosted a land acknowledgment and art dedication Thursday. The event honored the past, present and future of Indigenous peoples in Wisconsin, ...
The Conversation

Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear

Danilo Urzedo receives funding from the Australian Research Council under the Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Healing Country (IC210100034). Oliver Tester receives funding from the ARC ...
ctpublic

'We have no choice': Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru's Amazon

UCAYALI, Peru — As they patrol their ancestral territory deep in the Amazon, some of the members of the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard carry spears. Others wield machetes. Several have traditional bows ...
thecooldown

New study reveals stark difference between government-owned and Indigenous land: 'Participatory mapping'

A new study on Indigenous lands in Panama reinforces the understanding that native people are far better stewards of their properties than governments, according to Happy Eco News. It also bolsters ...
NBC Connecticut

Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past

The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts from its vast ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples from Canada, as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress ...
ctpublic

For Native Americans, an enduring spiritual connection to the land

It’s a sunny spring morning as Nakai Clearwater Northup stands amid white pine trees, near a river, surveying the land. Looking at his Narragansett homelands in southern Rhode Island, he says hunting ...