Ninety-two years ago, the American Goldfinch became Iowa’s state bird. Today, Iowans are calling for a state horse, fish and ...

Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil ...

Holt Breen stresses that the highest honor in Native American culture is to be a warrior. United by a tradition of service, ...

Birds are widely regarded as symbols of freedom and eternity due to their ability to soar into the skies. Their symbolism exists all over the world as part of different cultures, religions, and ...

As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay, Wisconsin ...

Whether they’re whipping their heads dramatically, contorting into seemingly impossible shapes, or trapping light in their plumage like a black hole, birds-of-paradise always seem to have a new trick ...

There are a lot of popular songs out there with hidden dark, political, or simply interesting meanings beyond the surface. Songs that deal with drug abuse, unsolicited advice, or make a subtle ...

Feathers might seem like a pretty mundane part of nature, although it's a little-known fact that they have a strong bond with the heavens and all spiritual realms. Our guardian angels scatter feathers ...

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Erica Tremblay’s eyes narrowed as she motioned toward an electric-blue feather headdress sprouting from the wall. “That was a Plains Indian thing,” she said. “Those aren’t from us.” The “us” meant her ...

The Menu: Trump’s executive orders on tribal ag, a new children’s book, and conserving an endangered fish in North Carolina Federal staff layoffs, spending freezes and other executive orders by the ...