Stapen Native American land in the Southwest blooms with spectacular scenery and rewards visitors with an understanding of Native American history and culture. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, ...

National parks are among America’s most popular destinations, but there’s much more to them than spectacular scenery. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

The Natchez Trace in Mississippi is more than just a scenic road; it’s a living thread that weaves together centuries of ...

The earliest national parks were established as products of Manifest Destiny. Westward expansion came at the expense of Native Americans and other groups that previously inhabited the territory.

The idea of Manifest Destiny inspired Americans to push west, leading to the creation of the first national parks. But those beliefs spelled removal for many Native American groups.

This week, we explore one of America’s great demographic mysteries: Why did the 2020 Census show the American Indian and Alaska Native population soaring by 85 percent?

It's Native American Heritage Day. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ned Blackhawk, a professor of History and American Studies at Yale, about the history of the day and what it means to observe it.

In 1919, Rachel Caroline Eaton became the first known Native American woman to get a PhD, at a time when few women—let alone Native American women—had opportunities for graduate education.

Native American food is not mainstream for a variety of reasons. Sherman pointed to the idea of "manifest destiny," or the 19th-century belief that the U.S. was "destined" by God to expand across ...