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Cultures

Nov 15, 2021

Biden to protect Native American heritage site, boost safety

President Joe Biden says his administration will help improve public safety and justice for Native American communities

Nov 9, 2021

Hopi at crossroads of maintaining language for elected posts

Members of a small northeastern Arizona tribe are voting Thursday for their next chairman

US park service, tourism group partner to highlight tribes

Oct 28, 2021

The National Park Service has partnered with a tourism association to ensure the contributions of Native Americans are incorporated into exhibits and programming at sites across the country

Elephant kills South African man in Zimbabwe's Mana Pools

Oct 14, 2021

A spokesman for Zimbabwe's national parks says a 71-year old South African tourist was trampled to death by an elephant “in full view” of his son at Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park

Oct 11, 2021

Flooding sends bus into river in China; 120,000 evacuated

A bus fell into a river in northern China, leaving at least two people dead and 12 others missing after flooding from heavy rains destroyed homes and covered farmland

Oct 10, 2021

Terror & tourism: Xinjiang eases its grip, but fear remains

Four years after Beijing launched a brutal crackdown that swept up to a million or more Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities into detention camps and prisons, its control of China’s far west Xinjiang region has entered a new era

Archaeologists find skeleton, evidence of Greek in Pompeii

Aug 17, 2021

Archaeologists have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations in the ancient city of Pompeii

After delays, construction on Obama Center begins in Chicago

Aug 16, 2021

Five years after Barack Obama chose a Chicago site for his presidential center, construction has officially begun in the historic lakefront park

Legal group backs US review of Indigenous boarding schools

Aug 10, 2021

The American Bar Association’s policymaking body is supporting the U.S. Interior Department as it works to uncover the troubled legacy of federal boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous youth into white society

Jul 25, 2021

Madrid's Retiro park, Prado avenue join World Heritage list

Madrid’s tree-lined Paseo del Prado boulevard and the adjoining Retiro park have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list