Chisom Okwor, a Google software engineer and founder, is transforming hair braiding with her new automated handheld braiding machine.

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I discovered it on a shelf at Goodwill. It was dog-eared, but intact, and it cost me $1.99 ...

Across global demonstrations and in thousands of videos posted online, Kurdish women and their allies have begun braiding ...

A video showing a Syrian militiaman holding what he claims to be a severed braid belonging to a Kurdish fighter killed in Raqqa has sparked outrage as Damascus moves to assert control in northeastern ...

Ashland artist Crystal Proffitt's installation invites viewers to do what the title forbids, revealing how textured hair carries cultural memory and spiritual significance.

I am a citizen of the Monacan Indian Nation and member of our Historic Resource Committee. I work to preserve our history and culture. As a historical interpreter, I can interpret my history in a way ...

From a young age, Fabio Iesari knew his passion was science. However, while attending his STEM-focused secondary school in the seaside region of Marche, Italy, he faced a difficult question: which ...

JATUN RUMI, Ecuador (AP) — Indigenous themes have been explored before in short and feature-length films produced in Peru and Ecuador but most of those films have had Spanish-speaking characters.

Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet. The boxes contained more ...

JATUN RUMI, Ecuador (AP) — High in the mountains of the Ecuadorian Andes, a group of young Otavalo Indigenous people is using anime to inspire pride in their ancient culture and language, especially ...