Popular culture often describes scalping − the forceful removing of a person’s scalp − as an indigenous practice. But white settlers accelerated this form of violence against Native Americans.
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A memorial to Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King Jr. has received stinging criticisms, but time will tell whether ‘The Embrace’ will endure as a cherished work of public art.
Columbus’s was the last of at least seven discoveries of the Americas.
The idea that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas and returned home with others has been widely accepted. But evidence is mounting that for syphilis this scenario is wrong.
Given Italian history, U.S. descendants of Italian immigrants have reason to reject their association with Columbus and stand in solidarity with indigenous groups as they reclaim their histories.
Huge blooms of brown seaweed have fouled Florida and Caribbean beaches almost every year over the past decade. They originate in Africa and South America. and are fueled by human activities.
Mermaids are not real, but are meaningful to people around the world.
The long history of celebrating Christopher Columbus discovering America is being challenged by indigenous voices and perspectives.
The official celebration of Native Americans represents the fruits of a decades-long effort.
No records of the size of Native American populations before 1492 and the arrival of Europeans survive. A new study has found answers.
Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage was really a journey into the unknown. Centuries of conventional wisdom had conditioned him to believe that bizarre beasts and ‘monstrous men’ would be awaiting him.
As debates over protests during the national anthem continue to rage, two scholars examine how legal and moral battles over the merits of patriotism in public schools have been playing out for years.
An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American hubris got in the way.
An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American hubris got in the way.
When Europeans first arrived in the Americas they didn’t just make human history – they changed planet Earth forever.
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