Drums, rattles, and other percussion instruments are well-known sources of musical accompaniment connected to Native American music. Flutes were one of the first melodic instruments developed by North ...

The birds have been in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the U.S. government took them off its endangered species list.

The Latin name “Haliaeetus leucocephalus” means “white-headed sea eagle.” The word bald refers to an old English word meaning white, like that of a judge’s wig in the English legal system. Nearly ...

Fly View Productions / Getty Images Some forms of taxation can work differently for Native American people because of their unique status within the United States. Tribes, as sovereign governments ...

As the sound of the eagle flute fills the air, young hotel employees take the lead in lifting the atmosphere with a performance of the eagle dance. To the local people, the eagle symbolizes ...

American citizens, including citizens of Native tribal nations, have been pulled into the vast immigration operations ordered by President Donald Trump in accordance with his campaign vow to ...

Lincoln was trained to do these stadium flyovers at the American Eagle Foundation in East Tennessee, operator of the nation's largest bald eagle sanctuary. It's the same nonprofit organization ...

thought better of the similar appearing bird and made it the unofficial American mascot. In spite of Franklin’s disdain, the eagle has appeared on our currency, our Philadelphia football teams ...

Native American adults are enrolled in Medicaid at higher rates than their white counterparts and have long faced worse health outcomes, higher incidences of chronic disease, and shorter life ...

Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US Lincoln lives under the supervision of avian care specialists, like Brad Skinner and Sam Thompson, at the American ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, top, talks with WNBA player Cameron Brink after a Paris Games ...

In the Trump administration’s arguments defending his order to suspend birthright citizenship, the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the United ...