Tag: Native Americans
Why Native Americans struggle to protect their sacred places
Rosalyn R. LaPier, The University of Montana
Forty years ago the U.S. Congress passed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act so that Native Americans could...
Rights of the dead and the living clash when scientists extract...
Chip Colwell, University of Colorado Denver
The remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are not those of a space alien, according to recently...
Why is water sacred to Native Americans?
Rosalyn R. LaPier, Harvard University
The Lakota phrase “Mní wičhóni,” or “Water is life,” has become a new national protest anthem.
It...
How the archaeological review behind the Dakota Access Pipeline went wrong
Chip Colwell, University of Colorado Denver
This summer, Tim Mentz Sr. took to YouTube to tell the world about the destruction of his cultural heritage....
EXPLORING NATURE
How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...
Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University
Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
