Native Americans

A new program at Great Council State Park will give visitors a sweet opportunity to learn about Shawnee peoples’ history and culture. The maple tapping events run through April, 2025.

The Ohio History Connection has one of the nation’s largest collections of Indigenous remains. The nonprofit and tribes are working under the Native American Graves Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to return them.

WYSO contacted the DeWines to ask if they would talk about their recent experience in Oklahoma and why they decided to build Great Council State Park, and they said yes.

The Denison University Museum is holding a panel about 'The Ohio Country' podcast from noon to 1:00 p.m. on February 27. And we're releasing a bonus episode next week!

Through an initiative called Light Up Navajo, outside visiting utility workers come to install equipment so dozens of homes can be connected to the electric grid for the first time.

The professors analyzed 115 archived newspaper articles mentioning Little Turtle to write their piece. Both scholars are enrolled citizens of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

WYSO’s Indigenous Affairs reporter Adriana Martinez-Smiley spoke with the Shawnee tribe’s chief Ben Barnes who was present for the address on the president’s acknowledgment and apology for the U.S. government's 150-year American Indian boarding school policy.

Today, Ohio has no federally recognized tribes headquartered within its borders. Still, representatives from American Indian nations whose homelands are in the state gathered recently for a two-day event.

To celebrate the building opening, local and state officials came together for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, including Dayton Mayor Jeffrey J. Mims and Gov. Mike DeWine.

The Dayton Metro Library recognized Orange Shirt Day with a story time on American Indian children’s experiences in boarding schools. The library will hold a series of programs for Native American Heritage Month.

What is tribal citizenship? What damage has and is being done by pretendians in Ohio? And how are citizens of federally recognized tribes correcting those situations?

Suzanne Chouteau’s main medium is printmaking. WYSO’s Indigenous affairs reporter Adriana Martinez-Smiley spoke with Chouteau about the impact she hopes her work will have in the present and future.