Native American animals and their meanings form a profound spiritual vocabulary that indigenous cultures have developed through thousands of years of close observation and reverence for the natural ...

Docents at the interpretive center can explain to visitors that Kumeyaay people were known to be natural resource managers as ...

For many Native American Church members who call this region the "peyote gardens," the plant is sacrosanct and an inextricable part of their prayer and ceremony. It’s believed to be a natural healer ...

Prior to the arrival of the first European settlers early in the 17th Century, an estimated 50 million Native Americans tilled the land in the area that became the United States, gathered food in the ...

KLAMATH, Calif. (AP) — As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the ...

The captivating reintroduction of six bison in a forest preserve has deeper meaning to Indigenous people and advocates of tallgrass prairie restoration.

HELENA, Mont. — Ceremonies and celebrations are planned Wednesday near the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park to mark the recent birth of a white buffalo calf in the park, a spiritually ...

Mating calls and rituals can be intercepted, or drowned out, by invasive species. Scientists are just starting to understand ...