Dispute brews between Poway, San Pasqual tribe after Native American bones found at construction site

SAN DIEGO — First they found metates — ancient grinding stones. A human pinky bone, jawbone and ribs were next. Repeated ...
New York Post

California plots return of 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters to Indigenous tribes

California is making waves with a jaw-dropping plan to settle a 175-year-old score — returning stewardship of a staggering 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters to Native tribes. That’s 7% of ...
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Oracle Uses JavaOne to Position Java for AI-Era Development

For a language that turned 30 last year, Java has a stubborn habit of refusing the obituary. At JavaOne 2026, Oracle’s message was not that Java needs reinvention so much as repositioning. The ...
The New York Times

Histories of Native American Treaties and Anti-Chinese Violence Win Bancroft Prize

The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.” By Jennifer Schuessler A study of the financial ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in 1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American Revolution

This 1804 depiction of Jane McCrea's death cemented a dramatized version of her killing in the public imagination. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons In the century after Jane McCrea’s killing in ...
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California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes — a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise

California unveiled a plan Tuesday to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes. That number represents roughly 7% of the state's land and waters.
The Bismarck Tribune

Tribes, North Dakota partner to update 30-year-old textbooks on Native history

Revised textbooks on the five Native American tribes that share geography with North Dakota will be ready in time for next school year. For about three decades, the books went without updates due to a ...
Time

World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Fall of Java

The Japanese conquered Java in eight days. They surged inward from the northern coasts, took the capital at Batavia, chopped up the long island into isolated bits, reduced the naval base at Surabaya ...