Activists Hammer Ralph Lauren over Depiction of Native Americans in Campaign

U.S. society has done such a good job of wiping American Indians out of its textbooks and minds that even some college students assume that the Indians just died out, so it’s hard to blame future U.S. More...

Smithsonian Conference to Reveal History, Archaeology and Religious Traditions of Mary Magdalene’s City

On Oct. 20, 2014, Nyack College, in partnership with the Center for the Study of Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins, will host a gathering of scholars and dignitaries from 4:00–7:30 pm at the Smithsonian More...

Unusual Discovery Suggests Seals and Sea Lions May Have Carried Tuberculosis to the Americas

Grade school history lessons often have it that American Indians largely were wiped out by diseases such as whooping cough, chicken pox, influenza and tuberculosis brought to the New World by European More...