In dusty excavation reports and antiquarian volumes, a lawyer-turned-archaeologist has uncovered evidence that upends the known history of human gambling. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News ...

A new study in American Antiquity presents evidence that the earliest known dice in human history were made and used by Native American hunter-gatherers on the western Great Plains more than 12,000 ...

Solicitor General D. John Sauer seemed to struggle when pressed by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday on whether Native Americans should be considered birthright citizens. The question ...

Justice Neil Gorsuch pressed the government on its argument that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause requires a child’s parents to be lawful permanent residents to obtain birthright citizenship.

U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer stumbled over his words on Wednesday, saying “I think so” when after Justice Neil Gorsuch asked if Native Americans are birthright citizens. The moment came as Sauer ...

WASHINGTON — In a moment that could take on new significance almost 150 years later, Omaha election official Charles Wilkins on April 5, 1880, refused to register John Elk to vote on the grounds that ...

Chris Benson, owner of Heirloom Table Company in Hanover, Mass., is using generational woodworking skills to craft tables built to last. Benson explained, "We've got a history of woodworkers back to ...

The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.” By Jennifer Schuessler A study of the financial ...

Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! When America’s founders were walking the cobblestones of Philadelphia in 1776 while ...

Former Tarrant County GOP Chairman Bo French is at it again—this time calling for the deportation of Native Americans. A Thursday Facebook post alleged that French, who is currently vying for a spot ...