Vice President Kamala Harris declared in 2021 that the U.S. "must not shy away" from its "shameful past" of European explorers who she said ushered "in a wave of devastation for tribal nations," ...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said European explorers "ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations — perpetrating violence, stealing land and spreading disease." Harris made the remarks in ...

During a 2021 Columbus Day address to the National Congress of American Indians, Vice President Kamala Harris discussed the "shameful" history of the European explorers who came to America: It is an ...

Scientists say a species of bacteria rewrites the history of when an infectious and potentially deadly disease first arrived in the Americas. And it was long before the arrival of European explorers.

A new study of European beads reveals the “extensive reach” of Native American trade networks in the 17th century. Image from the journal Antiquity European glass beads reached parts of North America ...

Christopher Columbus and other early European explorers were best known for the “new” lands they discovered and the people they transported. But there’s another side to the story, and it has to do ...

MANTEO, N.C. — Archaeologists say an unearthed copper earring likely came from European explorers who made up part of the "Lost Colony" in modern-day Roanoke Island, North Carolina. The nonprofit ...

Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), who led his expeditions in service of King Francis I of France. As he sailed ...

Climbing into the saddle, he adjusts the scarf protecting his head from the sun and, with a tap on the camel's back, the caravan sets off. At 68, the Frenchman is one of the last European explorers ...

European explorers have caused the extinction of many plant and animal species around the world and this is mainly through hunting or the introduction of invasive species. When the Europeans starting ...