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Native American tribes

Abenaki storyteller and musician Joseph Bruchac tells a story about what humans can learn from the bear.

Native American stories connect people with the animals around them

Culture

Many Native American communities belong to a clan that identifies with an animal — such as the bear, deer, or loon — that is featured in their traditional stories.

A Native American elder performs a ritual ceremony using a feather.

COVID-19 deaths among tribal elders threaten cultural loss

COVID-19
A close up of a jingle dress

How a Native American coming-of-age ritual is making a comeback

Culture
Lakota

The Standing Rock Sioux are also fighting for their language

Justice
Laguna tribal members Jenni Monet and her grandmother June Sarracino.

How do you revive a language if tribal elders don’t want you to?

Culture