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The United States government removed Jason Lewis’ ancestors from Choctaw tribal land twice. The family had left Mississippi more than 200 years ago, when the federal government forced most of the ...

Priscilla Lewis holds two newly-printed Apache children's books on June 30, 2023. With help from The Language Conservancy, a group focused on preserving endangered Indigenous languages, Lewis recorded ...

Dr. Hartwell Francis reads from a hand-printed Cherokee language book made in partnership with Western Carolina University. (Photo by Anya Petrone Slepyan/The Daily Yonder) At the entrance to the New ...

STANDING ROCK INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. — Ray Taken Alive had been fighting for this moment for two years: At his urging, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council was about to take the rare and severe ...

Minnesota First Nations is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart ...

Under Feb. 21’s turquoise blue sky, a group of students, teachers, staff and Tucson community members gathered on the University of Arizona Mall for a heartfelt celebration of the 25th anniversary of ...