The University of Tennessee sits on the ancestral lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Cherokee Nation of ...

Joy Harjo, the 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate and member of the Muscogee Nation, is more than just an accomplished artist—she's a ...

Her debut children's book titled "Fishing By Torchlight, " featuring illustrations by Erin Kant Barnard, was inspired by her own experiences spearfishing with her dad. "You put on a headlamp, and then ...

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's ...

In "Medicine River," Mary Annette Pember grapples with the harrowing legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans and the trauma they inflicted on her own family.