tag | Native American

November 16, 2021 | 9:38 AM

Home From School

Native Americans set out to recover the remains of children who died at an Indian boarding school.
By Fred Vigeant
October 28, 2021 | 5:14 AM

US park service, tourism group partner to highlight tribes — from Pa. to Oregon

Along the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, a guidebook has tribal attractions on or near the trail, and a map translates locations into Native languages.

By The Associated Press
July 14, 2021 | 3:12 PM

Indigenous children’s remains turned over from Carlisle Army cemetery

Since August 2017, the Army has disinterred 22 remains of Native American children from the cemetery.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

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July 12, 2021 | 10:33 AM

A federal probe into Indian boarding school gravesites seeks to bring healing

The U.S. is about to undertake a national investigation into hundreds of American Indian boarding schools that operated for more than a century and served to “kill the Indian to save the man.”

By Noelle E. C. Evans/WXXI
Updated: June 22, 2021 | 4:46 pm

US to review dark history of Indigenous boarding schools

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the process will be long, difficult and painful and will not undo the heartbreak and loss endured by many families.

By Susan Montoya Bryan/The Associated Press
May 14, 2021 | 2:13 PM

US Army to return remains of 10 Native American children to families

Aleut family members will return the remains of one child to Saint Paul Island in Alaska, and Rosebud Sioux descendants will take nine children back to a tribal veteran’s cemetery in South Dakota or to private family plots.

By Alanna Elder
November 25, 2020 | 3:39 PM

Educators and Native leaders recommend bringing anti-racism to the Thanksgiving table

“This is not just about history and Thanksgiving; this is about what is happening right now in 2020.”

By Piper McDaniel/NPR
October 11, 2020 | 9:59 PM

Ahead of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, activists in Philly suburbs call for more than marching

After a summer of protests, a group of racial justice activists in Montgomery County is pushing for changes to school curricula, among other demands.

By Ximena Conde/WHYY
July 13, 2020 | 9:50 AM

After mounting pressure, Washington’s NFL franchise drops its team name

"Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review."
By Brakkton Booker/NPR
July 6, 2020 | 2:58 PM

Court rules Dakota Access Pipeline must be emptied for now

Monday’s ruling is the second major win for pipeline opponents in as many days. On Sunday, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.

By Laurel Wamsley/NPR
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