For years, meals at the summer sun dance ceremonies on the Eastern Shoshone tribe’s lands in Wyoming were missing something that was once a staple of the sacred rituals. There was no presence of ...

On the day of winter solstice, many Native American communities will hold religious ceremonies or community events. The winter solstice is the day of the year when the Northern Hemisphere has the ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of The Conversation with America Media, offering diverse perspectives on important and contested issues in the life of the church. Read other views on the ...

SAN PEDRO DE MACHA, Bolivia — In the high altitude Bolivian town of San Pedro de Macha, hundreds of Indigenous Quechua men and women take to the streets for a ritual dance and combat known as the ...

Growing up on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, Frank Waln was first introduced to hip hop music as a kid when he found a scratched-up CD of Detroit rapper Eminem, who’s been acknowledged as ...

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil (Reuters) – When a big chief dies on the Xingu indigenous reservation, its tribes gather for a unique funeral ritual called the Kuarup. Wearing body paint and bird ...

Indigenous Enterprise brings Native culture to new heights and audiences. Indigenous Enterprise, made up of a new generation of Native American Powwow dancers from across the U.S. and Canada, is on a ...

BECKET — Seven women walk up the path and into the circle of people under the trees. Seven women in red capes and midnight skirts circle, lapping and overlapping. They stretch as though their bodies ...