When you ask how we understand and make sense of Indian last names, we must appreciate that it's a modern American practice to have a first name, a surname, or a Christian name and a surname.

In this country, where everyone is over sensitive to racism – and hell-bent on name changes – we should adopt the American Indian way of naming people for who they are and what they do. Years ago I ...

He argues American Indian team names simply did not and could not connote respect in the age when they emerged. “These were bad times,” Gover tells USA TODAY Sports. “It was as bad as Native ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Paul Chaat Smith,Associate Curator at the “Trail of Tears” gallery at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C ...