One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names. In more cases than one may think, geographic names were derived from a Native American word ...

Many places in Michigan, including cities and counties, have Native American names due to the state's Indigenous heritage.

LEXICOLOGYEnglish is a rich melting pot of words borrowed and adapted from languages across the globe. Many long, elegant, or even tongue-twisting English words have surprising backstories that ...

Four hundred years after Europeans arrived, New York City's Native community isn't just thriving – it's growing. Here's where travellers can learn about the area's original residents.

They also enrich the English language. As newcomers master a new language, they lend words from their native lexicon to the rest of us.

Terry Goedel grew up moving around the country as the son of a Navy man, never knowing about his Native American heritage. It wasn't until the age of 14 when he learned of his native roots.

The saying long time, no see can be traced back to the 19th century. In a Boston Sunday Globe article from 1894, the words are applied to a Native American speaker. The broken English phrase was ...

Gwinnett County schools chief engagement officer says her Native American roots is 'an opportunity to connect' Melissa Laramie is the district's first chief engagement officer with indigenous roots.

Indian Relay, dubbed "America's original extreme sport," has roots dating back centuries to horse stealing raids. Native Americans are keeping the dangerous and compelling racing tradition alive.

When he started to do the research for his new book, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy, Robert P. Jones had a different idea in mind. But, once he’d reached back as far as he could into his family’s ...