“On May 1, we will host our first annual Gene Locklear Youth Scholarship Golf Tournament. This tournament, hosted by Mr. Gene himself, will bring golfers and athletic celebrities together to raise ...

Have you ever wondered where the state of Massachusetts got its name? Massachusetts is the home of many firsts in the country ...

Breakheart Reservation is officially one of nine Department of Conservation and Recreation properties to take part in the First Peoples First Stewards Children’s Library. The initiative is designed to ...

The tobacco pipe is a symbol synonymous with Virginia’s agricultural heritage and material culture. Decorative details on pipes from the colonial period provide archaeologists with cultural symbols ...

Many full moon names date back to Native Americans of what is now the northern and eastern United States. Those tribes of a few hundred years ago kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names ...

NORTH CAROLINA (AP) - The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina achieved a goal more than a century in the making on Wednesday when it secured federal recognition as a tribal nation through the passage of a ...

The Blackfoot Confederacy is today made up of four bands. The traditional lands of three of them, the Blood (Kainai), Piikani, and Siksika First Nations, are on the plains of southern Alberta, Canada, ...

Native Americans are those who are indigenous to the United States and there are still 574 federally recognized tribes. They have been around for centuries and continue to cherish their many sacred ...

SALEM — In celebration of Indigenous Peoples Month, this Wednesday, Salem State University will be hosting a panel discussion, featuring members of the Pequot and Massachusett nations, on Salem’s role ...

Hikers and other rural foragers welcome fall as a time of the year when persimmons are plentiful. The key to a successful wildcrafting experience, however, is making sure the persimmons gathered are ...

After biting into an unripe persimmon, most experience a reaction called “pucker mouth.” Some liken it to having their tongue covered with fur. The offending substances behind sensation are tannins, ...