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Story of Americans with Native and black ancestry stirs deep emotions

WASHINGTON – An exhibition opening this fall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian explores the identity of people whose ancestry is both African American and Native American. Read more »

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Hard quartzite formation holds fragile prized pipestone

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – It took nothing less than a mile-thick glacier to carve the cascade at Sioux Falls, S.D. from the quartzite bedrock. Ironically, the hardness of that same rock formation figures differently at the site in Minnesota where it surrounds the soft pipestone that is prized by American Indian tribal members. Read more »

Connect with Native roots at Xat’sull Heritage Village

WILLIAMS LAKE, British Columbia – The Xat’sull Heritage Village project began as a step in cultural revitalization for youth of the Soda Creek First Nations in 1996. It was a place where elders could teach the youth about their spiritual, cultural and traditional way of life. Read more »

Reviving tourism on Washington’s U.S. 101

SUQUAMISH, Wash. – For the first time in the history of byway management, a tribal entity was handed the responsibility of managing a non-tribal scenic byway, U.S. 101, which stretches about 360 miles along one of Washington’s most scenic corridors. Read more »

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