The Native American Church developed into a distinct way of life around 1885 among the Kiowa and Comanche of Oklahoma. After 1891, it began to spread as far north as Canada. Now, more than 50 ...

For many Native American Church members who call this region the “peyote gardens,” the plant is sacrosanct and an ...

As an immigrant temporary professed Trinitarian friar in Maryland, Marvin Santos reflects on how the tangled legacy of faith, ...

The first buildings on the UMN Morris campus housed an American Indian boarding school. Administered by the Sisters of Mercy order of the Catholic Church and later by the United States government, the ...

The University of Minnesota Morris is located on land that has been cared for and called home by the Dakota people, and later the Ojibwe people and other Native peoples from time immemorial. By ...

BY SHELLIE TAYLOR For over 40 years, some people in Statesville believed that an abandoned African American church cemetery ...

On April 5, NAA will be hosting its first annual powwow in the Quiet Side of Commons. The event is free and open to members of the UP community and the general public. According to DeSheuquette, while ...

They were made to go to Christian church services. They were encouraged to mock their parents’ values. The aim of the boarding schools was to destroy the Native American identity of these young ...

Native American tribes are calling out California ... and mustered the courage to confront representatives of the Church," the directors said in a statement. "You can feel their hesitation ...