/tags/native-americans Native Americans en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-12-06/art-memorial-trail-of-tears-steelville The memorial is meant to foster understanding and collective healing for the small Missouri town. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-12-06/art-memorial-trail-of-tears-steelville Ulaa Kuziez /race-identity-and-faith/2024-11-22/osage-nation-regains-home-on-sugarloaf-mound-as-part-of-reclamation-efforts Much of Sugarloaf Mound will return to the Osage Nation, thanks to a recent land transfer. It’s the oldest man-made structure in St. Louis. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-11-22/osage-nation-regains-home-on-sugarloaf-mound-as-part-of-reclamation-efforts Chad Davis /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-06-27/st-louis-mound-city-osage-cahokia-mounds-native-americans-indigenous-colonization-history-monuments Historian Patricia Cleary’s new book details the history of the more than two dozen mounds that once stood in St. Louis. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:50:59 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-06-27/st-louis-mound-city-osage-cahokia-mounds-native-americans-indigenous-colonization-history-monuments Emily Woodbury /government-politics-issues/2024-06-08/potawatomi-hope-to-finalize-land-transfer-when-illinois-lawmakers-return-in-the-fall A bill to grant the tribe a 1,500-acre state park stalled in the final hours of the Illinois legislature's spring session Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:43:57 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-06-08/potawatomi-hope-to-finalize-land-transfer-when-illinois-lawmakers-return-in-the-fall Peter Hancock /culture-history/2024-05-17/erased-history-markers-at-st-louis-intersections-cite-native-american-displacement Counterpublic, a St. Louis nonprofit organization that produces public art projects, is placing “erased history markers” at city intersections where streets named for Native American peoples meet streets named for the places from which white settlers removed them. Fri, 17 May 2024 10:01:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-05-17/erased-history-markers-at-st-louis-intersections-cite-native-american-displacement Jeremy D. Goodwin /culture-history/2024-04-23/illinois-prairie-band-potawatomi-first-federal-tribal-nation-state The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the decision Friday, placing 130 acres into trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, giving the tribal nation sovereignty over the land after the U.S. auctioned off its land 175 years ago. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-04-23/illinois-prairie-band-potawatomi-first-federal-tribal-nation-state Violet Miller /culture-history/2024-02-15/new-slu-and-nga-research-aims-to-create-the-authoritative-map-of-cahokia-mounds The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is involved in the academic research because the federal agency has some of the foremost experts on the mapping tool being used, the researchers said. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-02-15/new-slu-and-nga-research-aims-to-create-the-authoritative-map-of-cahokia-mounds Will Bauer /culture-history/2023-08-21/illinois-passes-updated-law-to-repatriate-native-american-remains-after-years-of-neglect With the country’s second-largest collection of unrepatriated remains, Illinois has lagged far behind the nation. A new law has the Osage Nation hopeful there will soon be progress. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2023-08-21/illinois-passes-updated-law-to-repatriate-native-american-remains-after-years-of-neglect Lilley Halloran /culture-history/2023-08-02/what-is-the-legacy-of-federal-indian-boarding-schools-in-illinois Last year, the Department of the Interior released a report about Federal Indian Boarding Schools in the U.S. What is their legacy in Illinois? Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2023-08-02/what-is-the-legacy-of-federal-indian-boarding-schools-in-illinois Peter Medlin /education/2023-08-01/illinois-students-will-be-required-to-learn-about-native-american-history Illinois students will soon have to learn Native American history. But Native American students say it needs to be more than about the past. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:30:00 GMT /education/2023-08-01/illinois-students-will-be-required-to-learn-about-native-american-history Peter Medlin