Across Native America, warrior traditions inspire incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games and glory. Warrior Spirit reveals the Native heroes who live and breathe this legacy today.

SALAMANCA, N.Y. (AP) — The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather jutting up, is tiled into a high school hallway, dyed into the weight room carpet and laid into the ...

Ernie Lapointe is a Native American author and Sun Dancer, and for years, has maintained he's the closest living descendant of legendary Lakota warrior chief Sitting Bull.

THE ANSWER. The word "brave" was, indeed, once used to refer to "an Indian warrior," writes Peter Gorman of Toronto. He cites this 1819 example quoted in Charles L. Cutler's book O Brave New Words ...

They are the first Native American Women Warrior color guard: all veterans, all proud of their ancestry and the nation they serve. Mitchelene BigMan is the group's founder. Sgt.

Michael Linklater says he cannot remember when he last cut his hair. "I wear a braid to honour my ancestors and my culture," says Linklater, who is Nehiyaw (Cree) from Thunderchild First Nation ...

TSA apologizes after agent says ‘giddyup’ while pulling on a Native American woman’s braids By Leah Asmelash and Konstantin Toropin. 2 minute read ...

Native American Boy's Right To Wear Braids Moves To U.S. Appeals Court : The Two-Way It seems like something from an earlier century in which native American children were forced to give up their ...

The Minnesota director of the TSA apologized to a Native American traveler for an agent's insensitive behavior during a hair pat-down. TSA apologizes to Native American after agent grabbed braids ...

New England’s Native American tribes, including the Mashpee Wampanoag, Wampanoag of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Mashantucket Pequot, Nipmuc and many others, maintain an enduring presence and influence ...