Historically, museums across the U.S. have taken a detached, scholarly, and archaic view of Native Americans. But over the past decade especially, there’s been a push by Native advocates and their supporters to “decolonize” -- or alternately, “Indigenize” – these institutions, including here in Oregon.

EUGENE, Ore. -- Spring break offers community members and families an opportunity to check out local museums, and five of Eugene’s most popular museums are offering free or discounted admission to families in need.

Scientific evidence is starting to pile up: humans came to North America far earlier than we initially thought. For a long time the earliest arrival date was about 13,500 years ago. Now researchers at the University of Oregon have dated human objects to more than 18,000 years ago.

The exhibit highlights innovations associated with the history of many different Tribal groups to portray the rich diversity of Native peoples living here in Oregon. It is traveling to rural libraries throughout the state of Oregon as part of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s bilingual Museum Adventures program.

Kent Gibson, of Newport, was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Katherine Palmer Award, nominated by Dr. Edward Davis of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Did you know that many of the traditions we still celebrate today date back as far as the Middle Ages?

University of Oregon archaeology professor Scott Fitzpatrick says humans made similar advances thousands of years ago when they traveled vast distances to populate remote islands.

A two-day weekend symposium on the history of humans in Oregon's Great Basin concluded Sunday at OSU-Cascades in Bend.

Follow the dinosaur tracks at the Baker County Public Library and you'll discover all sorts of dino facts this month.

A UO professor sees parallels between early sailors and colonizing the final frontier