Native Americans

Stevie Salas in “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World”

Stevie Salas on Native American Rockers

Guitarist and movie producer Stevie Salas shares the untold history of Native Americans in rock and roll.

Stevie Salas on Native American Rockers
Clovis points

How scientists are piecing together the story of ancient Americans

How scientists are piecing together the story of ancient Americans
The "Guilt-Free Zone," one of APTN's most popular programs, is set in a fictional speakeasy.

Native Americans don’t have their own TV channel. A Canadian network wants to change that.

Native Americans don’t have their own TV channel. A Canadian network wants to change that.
Princess Leia

The little-known link between Princess Leia’s iconic hairstyle and the Mexican Revolution

The little-known link between Princess Leia’s iconic hairstyle and the Mexican Revolution
DNA

Modern-day tribes still carry traces of colonial devastation in their DNA

Modern-day tribes still carry traces of colonial devastation in their DNA
ETHEL

This is what a 'musical selfie' sounds like

ETHEL, a string quartet from New York City, released "The River" in collaboration with Native American artist Robert Mirabal. The album features a mixture of traditional Native American music, indigenous sounds from Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, and classical strings.

This is what a 'musical selfie' sounds like
Conflict

This Pittsburgh restaurant offers takeout and a side of politics

Craving some Koobideh from Iran? Arepas from Venezuela? Head to Pittsburgh’s Conflict Kitchen, where a rotating menu features food from countries in conflict with the United States.

This Pittsburgh restaurant offers takeout and a side of politics
Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline block a road near North Dakota's Standing Rock Reservation in October. The pipeline would cross historic Native land and pass under the Missouri River, the source of the local water supply.

It's not just about a pipeline. Native activists say Dakota battle is their biggest stand in decades.

Clashes over an oil pipeline slated to cross historic Native territory in North Dakota continue after more the 140 people were arrested in protests last week. The increasingly high-stakes face-off is one of the biggest actions by Native Americans in years.

It's not just about a pipeline. Native activists say Dakota battle is their biggest stand in decades.
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Sioux Nation, leads his people to peacefully pray near a law enforcement barricade just outside of a Dakota Access pipeline construction site north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Oct. 29, 2016.

#NoDAPL has momentum, but will it drive Native Americans to vote?

Sacred-site preservation and civic engagement are not the same.

#NoDAPL has momentum, but will it drive Native Americans to vote?
Police use pepper spray against protesters trying to cross a stream near an oil pipeline construction site near Standing Rock Indian Reservation, north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 2, 2016.

The United Nations heads to North Dakota to investigate possible human rights abuses

Police have made mass arrests and used pepper spray, riot gear and armored vehicles to stop the protests. Now, the United Nations is looking into possible human rights abuses.

The United Nations heads to North Dakota to investigate possible human rights abuses
Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation

Education and funding are critical issues facing native communities in the US

On an Indian reservation in Nebraska, state and federal politics interfere with the effort to simply educate the kids.

Education and funding are critical issues facing native communities in the US
Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline

Protesters say mass arrests won't stop their fight against a North Dakota oil pipeline

"One thing that I repeatedly heard," says Jenni Monet, a journalist on the scene, "is that this fight is not over."

Protesters say mass arrests won't stop their fight against a North Dakota oil pipeline
Standing Rock

The Standing Rock Sioux 'know what they're doing' in North Dakota

For weeks, members of the Standing Rock Sioux have gathered in Cannonball, North Dakota, standing against the Dakota Access pipeline. The government has now halted construction pending reassessment of the project.

The Standing Rock Sioux 'know what they're doing' in North Dakota
Staff at the Wuneechanunk Shinnecock Preschool.

This Native American tribe on Long Island is trying to raise its language from the dead

Among the mansions and golf clubs of the Hamptons, Shinnecock Indians are trying to re-learn a language that died out more than a century ago.

This Native American tribe on Long Island is trying to raise its language from the dead
Coal mine

A Native American tribe in Montana hopes its coal reserves will provide economic opportunity

The Crow Nation in Montana has 9 billion tons of coal on its reservation — and it wants to mine about 1.4 billion tons of that and ship it to Asia. It could be a huge economic boost for the tribe, but coal's value is plummeting. And there are other complications, too.

A Native American tribe in Montana hopes its coal reserves will provide economic opportunity