A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the ...

Wabanaki artistry is seen on the on door handles at the Tekakapimək Contact Station, Jan. 7, 2025, at the Katahdin Woods and ...

Obama’s nine-page executive order recaps the monument’s lengthy history, including the Native Americans’ continual use of the land, visits by such dignitaries as Henry David Thoreau and John ...

Maine’s governor has signed a bill making the state the first to prohibit public schools, colleges and universities from using Native American symbols as mascots. Gov. Janet Mills signed the ...

Payment said there are still 12 schools in the state who use Native American themed mascots. She continues to speak at school board meetings, but has focused the majority of her efforts on ...

Maine has banned the use of Native American mascots in its public schools and colleges, making it the first state in the nation to fully outlaw the use of such images by educational institutions ...

For more than 200 years, the Jordanian city of Petra has been a sought-after destination for archeologists because of its ancient temples, intricate mosaics, and timeworn tombs. But a Bangor ...

Voters in Maine will likely be the ones to decide whether to restore long removed language about the state's obligations to Native American tribes to printed versions of its constitution. The ...

The monument process, on the other hand, relies on the 1906 Antiquities Act, which was originally conceived as a means of allowing President Theodore Roosevelt to preserve Native American ruins ...

A Maine native was among the researchers who discovered a new monument that had long been hidden in the ancient Middle Eastern city of Petra, The Boston Globe reports. More than three years ago ...