For Native American Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we bring you the story of John Herrington, a decorated naval officer and trailblazing astronaut.

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum is ranked #26 out of 41 things to do in Washington, D.C.. See pictures and our review of National Portrait Gallery and the ...

The person most responsible for resurrecting the story of the “Choctaw gift,” as it became known, is Don Mullan, an Irish humanitarian, author and filmmaker.Mullan and his wife, Margaret, live ...

The demands of artist’s work are simple: everything that has been taken from Indigenous peoples must be returned ...