Prior to the arrival of the first European settlers early in the 17th Century, an estimated 50 million Native Americans tilled the land in the area that became the United States, gathered food in the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has named the members of a council created in a 2010 settlement to ensure Native American farmers and ranchers have access to Department of ...

In the dense forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, archaeologists have made an astounding discovery: ancient farmlands that challenge everything we thought we knew about Native American agriculture.

Raised agricultural beds cover an estimated 70% of the lidar survey area at Sixty Islands archaeological site along the Menominee River. With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, ...

Explore how European colonists reshaped early American agriculture by introducing livestock and non-native plant species, ...

Mike Hackman of Columbus took this picture of the Native American farming community between 1100-1200 A.D. while hiking in the Wupatki National Monument in northern Arizona in May. Mike Hackman of ...