When America was gaining independence from Great Britain, the Chumash were losing culture, language and life.

KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers ...

The canoe carving house, shown left, is one of two buildings that will make up the Northwest Native Canoe Center. Seattle Parks and Recreation and the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF) ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore. The ...