Dakota artist Holly Young is a mother and self-taught artist from the Standing Rock Reservation. She uses a diverse range of ...

The historic journey of the small but culturally potent dentalium shells from the ocean floor of the Pacific Northwest to the ...

In a powerful step toward cultural revitalization, the San Manuel Tribe reclaims its ancestral name, Yuhaaviatam, honoring its deep connection to the land and heritage ...

The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes plan to build their first resort and casino along Interstate 84 between Boise and Mountain Home, according to reporting by the Idaho Capital Sun. The project is expected to ...

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is hiring a coordinator to improve repatriation efforts of Native American remains, according to Gaylord News. In 2023, ProPublica found that the ...

Federal funding cuts could jeopardize Montana’s economy and essential services, according to a March 2025 report by the Montana Nonprofit Association. The report found that federal funding contributed ...

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation has established the Three Affiliated Tribes National Park, 2,100 acres of rugged Badlands. Tribal Chairman Mark Fox told the Associated Press that the park aims ...

The Eastern Shoshone Tribe has accused the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services of shooting coyotes from a helicopter near a bison herd without tribal permission, according to reporting ...

Today, as an adjunct faculty member and doctoral student at Washington State University, she’s come a long way from those ...

Dentalium shells, smooth tusk-like mollusks from the Pacific, were highly prized by Native American tribes for generations.

Dentalium — the delicate white shells treasured by Indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada — is virtually unknown across ...

For generations, Native Americans prized dentalium or tusk shells as currency, status symbols and sacred objects. Harvested in the Pacific, they were traded thousands of miles inland, held real value ...