Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America, by Pekka Hämäläinen. Liveright. 576 pages. $40. In the 1630s, the powerful Pequot Confederacy of southern New England found itself beset by ...

Join host Cheyenne Bearfoot on Sovereign Innovations as she uncovers a profound legacy. Join host Cheyenne Bearfoot on Sovereign Innovations as she uncovers the profound legacy of wampum beads in ...

The field of archaeology is known by many for its numerous controversies. Because archaeologists only study what few artifacts remain from a given time period, we often get a fragmentary or incomplete ...

YO Big ShəBàng, the oldest North American single malt yet, transforms a forgotten Canadian cask into a vivid preview of ...

Every now and then, two books appear that seem to be in quiet conversation, even when they come from opposite directions. Kathleen DuVal's "Native Nations" looks across centuries of North American ...

We all learned the story of Thanksgiving as kids. We were taught that the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 and were helped by friendly Native Americans to navigate their new home. Together, ...

Four global corporations make and sell 99.9% of all Class 8 over-the-road vehicles in the U.S. But dozens of manufacturers have been part of trucking’s rich North American history. Here is a look at ...

Something very strange appears to be happening deep, deep underneath the U.S. Midwest and the Ohio Valley. North America’s geological core has persisted for more than a billion years; it’s what ...