Because of the isolation of the New World from the high civilizations of Europe, Asia, and Africa and from the communicative network between them, North America had preserved, until the end of the last century, cultures and religions of archaic types....

American Indian can refer to: Any of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, except usually Eskimos; Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas The quarterly publication of the National Museum of the American Indian In the United States, but...

THE NAMESAKE By Jhumpa Lahiri Houghton Mifflin. 291 pp. $24 Short story writer Jhumpa Lahiri's first novel, The Namesake, continues the explorations she began in her Pulitzer-Prize winning collection, The Interpreter of Maladies. In many respects, the novel represents an expansion...

Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 03-17-2004 Indians are taking jobs from Americans!" That's the latest outburst of hysteria in U.S. politics, and it's bound to be a big issue in this year's presidential election. But for once it's not about us. The...

Nike on Tuesday unveiled what it said is the first shoe designed specifically for American Indians, an effort aiming at promoting physical fitness in a population with high obesity rates.The Beaverton-based company says the Air Native N7 is designed with a larger fit for the...

Billy Walkabout, a native Cherokee whose actions in Vietnam made him among most decorated soldiers of the war, died March 7, his stepdaughter said Sunday. He was 57.Walkabout received the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, five Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars. He was believed...