But to millions of Indigenous Americans, the story of Thanksgiving is also closely intertwined with their history of invasion ...
People enjoy the colorful light displays during the annual Holiday Lights at the Lake at the West Overlook Campground at Coralville Lake in Iowa City, Iowa, on Nov. 27, 2024. The annual holiday ...
The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list ...
After 96 days and more than 2,300 miles of paddling, Nikki Bettis and seven of her youngest children have finished their trip ...
New Orleans, LA (WEAU) - A single mom and seven of her 15 children finished their 2,300-mile paddle of the Mississippi River.
In the U.S., there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native entities, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. While some federally-recognized tribes have ties to ...
Louisiana’s reliance on the Mississippi means the mighty river can take away as much as it gives – and both the state and the ...
Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin would lose federal protection under a new rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Agricultural and builders’ groups ...
The journey featured Bettis and her seven youngest children: twins Graham and Gatlin (who turned 15 on the river), Gates (13), Lillye (12), Grisham (10), Galax (9), and Opye (who turned 7 during the ...