Prehistoric dice suggest that Native Americans may have been gaming since the last ice age

A new study claims Native Americans have been using dice to gamble and explore probability for more than 12,000 years.

Native Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts

A new study in American Antiquity presents evidence that the earliest known dice in human history were made and used by ...
Opinion

Are Native Americans birthright citizens? It’s no April Fool’s joke

Indigenous people have fought throughout modern history to gain, and defend, the dual citizenship rights that determine access to government benefits and the right to vote.

Native Americans had dice and games of probability long before other cultures, study finds

Native Americans had dice and games of probability 12,000 years ago, according to a new study. That’s far earlier than the ...

12,000-Year-Old Native American Dice Rewrite the History of Gambling

Long before ancient civilizations in the Old World, Native American hunter-gatherers were already playing games of chance using carefully crafted bone dice more than 12,000 years ago. New research ...

Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 ruling against a Native American

Defending birthright citizenship changes, President Donald Trump's administration is citing an 1884 Supreme Court case called ...

Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability

Native Americans have been playing with dice in games of chance for more than 12,000 years, according to a new paper ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Native Nations Fought in the American Revolution to Protect Their Ancestral Lands. After the War, Settlers Seized Their Territory Anyway

The conflict divided the six tribes of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, most of whom decided to join the British. The former ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Are These the Earliest Known Dice in the World? Native Americans May Have Used Them to Play Games of Chance More Than 12,000 Years Ago

A new study suggests that humans were playing with probability during the Ice Age—and that dice were invented 6,000 years ...

'I'll have to think about it': Trump solicitor general stumbles when asked if Native Americans qualify as birthright citizens

A moment of hesitation by the Trump administration's top Supreme Court lawyer has drawn fresh scrutiny to the legal ...
StyleBlueprint

Hidden History in the South’s Most Beautiful State Parks

Historical Southern state parks offer a deep dive into the past without needing heavy hiking boots. 🌳🏛️ You can walk among ...
WMDT

‘Land, Legacy and Freedom’ event to highlight how Native American cultures shaped the country

The Leverton Hubbard Foundation and Caroline County Historical Society are coming together to present the “Land, Legacy and Freedom: Native American Strength Shapes a Nation” event at the Linchester ...