These 5 leaders' achievements were legendary. But did they even happen?

Fact and fiction blur in the histories of these celebrated chieftains, queens, and fighters.

Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day? How the holiday has been shaped by oppression

Pre-Aztec Burial Unearthed Near Mexico City Yields Ancient Skeletons

Call the Aztec Midwife: Childbirth in the 16th Century

How Tecumseh fought for Native lands—and became a folk hero

How popular culture changed our view of the vampire

Every year millions of miracle-seeking pilgrims visit Mexico City

Deadly Aztec Epidemic Cocoliztli Linked to Salmonella

Forest gardens' show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature

Exclusive: new clue in mystery of conquistador Cortés lost ships

Pictures highlight the Inuit community in Alaska

How taro is eaten around the world

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