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 ...

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

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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Native American dice games date back over 12,000 years

A peer-reviewed study published in American Antiquity has established that Native American hunter-gatherers were crafting and ...

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

Dice and associated activities were first developed in the present-day Southwestern U.S. 12,000 years ago, the research ...
The New York Times

Histories of Native American Treaties and Anti-Chinese Violence Win Bancroft Prize

The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.” By Jennifer Schuessler A study of the financial ...
Homeland Security Today

Native American and Alaska Native Federal Contracting Preferences: What the Law Provides and What’s Changing

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program," on Feb. 10, 2026 (Source: ...
Columbus Dispatch

Experience Native American heritage at the Newark Earthworks

The Native Americans left astounding history in central Ohio. As the largest set of geometric earthen enclosures in the world, the Newark Earthworks provide insight into Native American history and ...
MLive

Schools can be isolating for Native American students. WMU is hiring ‘elders’ to change that.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- For some students, opening a textbook, looking to their classmates or finding a staff member who can relate to them is a luxury. It’s a luxury Robin Greymountain, a former Kalamazoo ...
KMBC Kansas City

Nelson-Atkins hosts Native American cultural festival in Kansas City

DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASING HIS LIFE AND THE IMPACT HE HAD ON THE GENRE. WELL, THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART HOSTED THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL TODAY. IT’S A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIVE ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Topeka students celebrate Black and Native American history

International Academy students spent their evening recognized influential people of color. The International Academy, a Topeka church school, hosted a Black History month program Feb. 26 titled "We, ...
The New Yorker

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement

Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...