The Smithsonian Archives of American Art digitized 89 oral history transcripts of women artists, historians, patrons, and ...

In New Mexico, former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was elected governor, making her the first Native American woman elected ...

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Samuel Sandoval, one of the last original Navajo Code Talkers, recalls enlisting in the Marines at 18 to help create an unbreakable code. Using their sacred, unwritten language, he and his brothers-in ...

Last month, the College of Charleston and Clemson University announced they’re launching new programs to amp up learning ...

They came from near and far: Native American chiefs and representatives of various tribes bearing gifts for a historic meeting. Their destination was Fort Niagara in New York, where dozens of Nations ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

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Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) added another “first” to her résumé on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, when she became the first ...

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