History

Tall Tales

Bigfoot casts a long shadow in Native American lore and American frontier folk legend. Mention the name Bigfoot and most people...

25 Mysteries Of The American West

Just in time for Halloween, here are 25 spooky, strange, or unexplainable tales that haunt the American West.

Icon: Ben Nighthorse Campbell

As he approaches his 90th birthday, we talk to famed jewelry designer and former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell...

Burying Art, Unburying History

A controversial sculpture commemorating the hanging of 38 Dakota Indians has been dismantled and interred in a secret location — with...

Giving Voice To The Clay

Contemporary clay artists carry forward an age-old tradition while breaking new ground.

C&I ART BEAT: Alexander Gardner and the Fort Laramie Treaty and More Upcoming Exhibitions

Dive deeper into the country’s visual history through photographer Alexander Gardner’s 1868 images of the Fort Laramie Treaty.

Totem Revival

Around the Northwest, new energy is infusing an ancient tradition.

Vessel And Voice

Spectacular Native American ceramics and the artists who create them have taken their rightful place in the pantheon of...