Theres just something about uncontacted tribes thats always piqued my curiosity. Perhaps youve heard of Ishi, who, as the last of his people, emerged from Californias Sierra foothills in the summer of ...

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"From pre-European contact to the early 20th century : the history and culture, words and images, legends and leaders of the United States, Canada and Northern Mexico." Covers more than 150 tribes.

Members of Picuris Pueblo, an Indigenous American tribe based near Taos, New Mexico, knew they were connected to ancient settlements at Chaco Canyon, 275 kilometres to the west. Picuris oral histories ...

Caves at Grimes Point, Nevada, near the discovery site of the Spirit Cave mummy (2010) (photo by psyberartist/Flickr) In a release, US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell stated: Returning the ...

Archeologists studying a forested area in northern Michigan say they've uncovered what is likely the largest intact remains of an ancient Native American agricultural site in the eastern half of the ...