Altoona High School’s Abbie Hoage is one of the best runners in the state of Wisconsin. The junior placed fourth in a Division 2 cross country sectional last weekend. And she is scheduled to run at ...

Thanks to the Walt Disney Company, Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who lived in the 17th century. The animated film version of her early life included her speaking with a willow tree ...

During the Second World War, Medicine Crow earned the title of war chief after performing a series of daring deeds Billings, Montana: Joseph Medicine Crow, an acclaimed Native American historian and ...

America did not begin in 1776. It did not begin with the Pilgrims. Long before European settlement, Native nations had governments, diplomacy, agriculture, trade networks, spiritual traditions, land ...

Diane Orson is a special correspondent with Connecticut Public. She is a longtime reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simon van de Passe's 1616 engraving of Pocahontas is the only known portrait made during her lifetime. National Portrait ...