A Truer Story of Native America

A Truer Story of Native America

A brilliant supernova visible across North America and much of the rest of the world in the 11th century is said to have inspired an explosion of civilization building among Indigenous cultures across the Mississippi Valley and the American Southeast. One of the grandest cities was named Cahokia, which sprung up near what is now St. Louis. Cahokia had a plaza the size of 30 football fields and earthen pyramids up to 100 feet tall and it quickly …

Echoes on Sacred Ground: America’s Clash, Conquest, and Reckoning with Native Nations, Part 4

While the wounds of conquest, war, and forced assimilation run deep in Native American communities, the United States has, in more recent decades, taken measurable steps to reckon with its past.