Indigenous cultures
Review: ‘Alpine Rising,’ by Bernadette McDonald
In her new book, author Bernadette McDonald has focused...
The Spirits Known as ‘Zangbeto’ That Safeguard African Villages
Law and order runs a bit differently in Benin,...
Klamath River Flows Free for the First Time in a Century
In 2024, the U.S. government will remove four hydroelectric...
‘False Heads’ On 73 Mummies Tell Different Story of Ancient Peru
Seventy-three intact burials, some adorned with intricately carved masks,...
Stone Age Carvings Are so Precise That They Reveal Species, Gender, Even Age
Newly discovered Stone Age carvings in western Namibia are...
New Study Busts Enduring Myths About Hunter-Gatherer Gender Roles
Imagine a hunter-gatherer society of 10,000 years ago. What...
Caubvick: the Resilient Inuit Woman Who Captivated British Royalty and Survived Smallpox
I was wandering around Labrador’s small, relatively flat Eskimo...
Amazon Peoples Resist ‘Kissing-Bug Disease’
Scientists have pinpointed an exciting evolutionary mutation in South...
Weekend Warm-Up: ‘The Hunt’ To Restore Indigenous Identity
How do Native Americans reclaim the identity that was...
Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of the Ancestral Puebloans
The Ancestral Puebloans (or Anasazi) were ancient pre-Columbian people...
Indigenous Groups Restoring Bison to North America
Few stories define the history of the American West...
Exploration Mysteries: The Disappearance of Sequoyah
Sequoyah, also known as George Gist (or Guess), was...
Magic Mountains: Six Sacred Peaks Around the World
Mountains can be holy places, venerated by cultures both...
The Largest Cave Art in North America is Almost Invisible to the Eye
Somewhere in the Appalachian foothills of Alabama, there's a...
How Do We Understand Indigenous Peoples? Fiann Paul Recommends These Great Movies
STORY AND PHOTOS BY FIANN PAUL
As a psychoanalyst, I...