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Esther Belin is a noted Native American poet and artist, but she is not in Wikipedia.

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Wikipedia Wants You to Improve Its Coverage of Indigenous Peoples

Why does the site that anyone can edit contain so little coverage of native people?

Katsuren Castle in Okinawa, Japan is an unlikely place for a cache of ancient Roman coins.

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Archaeologist Finds Ancient Roman Coins in 12th-Century Japanese Castle

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Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Oren Lyons, Ph.D., (right), and The Tadodaho of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chief Sidney Hill, examine a treaty at the National Museum of the American Indian

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Why the U.S. Government Is Paying Half a Billion in Settlements to 17 Tribal Governments

That adds to 95 cases the U.S. has settled with native groups since 2012

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When the Inventor of the Diesel Engine Disappeared

Rudolf Diesel’s fate is still intriguing to this day

Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii, overthrown by sugar plantation owners and U.S. troops in 1893

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Rule Allows Native Hawaiians to Form Their Own Government

A rule by the Interior Department will allow indigenous Hawaiians to vote on creating a sovereign government similar to those of Native American tribes

This book of Grimm's Fairy Tales is entirely written using words with one syllable.

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Channel Childhoods Gone By With This Digital Archive of Victorian Children’s Books

From nursery rhymes to religious lectures, this digital archive shows how kids read in a bygone age

American soldier wearing gas masks in the trenches during World War I

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This Documentary Series Will Teach You About World War I in Real Time

A week-by-week approach to the Great War

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New DNA Analysis Shows How Cats Spread Around the World

Felines spread in two waves including moving around Europe on Viking ships, according to researchers

The Wavertree, an 1885 tall ship, is back in New York's harbor after a 16-month-long restoration.

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An 1885 Ship Just Sailed Back to New York City

After a 16-month-long overhaul, the Wavertree has been restored to her former glory

Al Capone's criminal record in 1932. Despite a litany of charges, he ended up being nabbed for tax evasion.

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This Letter Tells What Al Capone Was Up to in Alcatraz

Two words: prison band

Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr in Kakadu National Park.

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New DNA Analysis Shows Aboriginal Australians Are the World's Oldest Society

The group was the first to split after a single wave of migration out of Africa took place between 51,000 and 72,000 years ago, study shows

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Scientists Virtually Peek Inside Ancient Biblical Charred Scrolls

A completely burned Biblical text is now readable

A late-18th century painting of George and Martha Washington with their adoptive children, George Washington Parke Custis and Nelly Custis, as well as one of their slaves.

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George Washington’s Biracial Family Is Getting New Recognition

The National Park Service is finally acknowledging the first president’s biracial family

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Colombian Statue Heads Home After 80 Years

The slab figure disappeared from Colombia's National Musuem in 1939

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World's Oldest Fish Hooks Discovered in Okinawa

The 23,000-year-old barbs are made from snail shell. The discovery shows that early people had the resources to survive on the isolated island

Oscar Wilde spent two years in what was then called Reading Gaol.

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A British Jail Is Paying Artistic Tribute to Oscar Wilde, its Most Famous Inmate

Patti Smith, Ai Weiwei and others envision what it's like to be <i>Inside</i>

Archaeologists excavating the Antikythera Shipwreck skeletal remains.

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Skeleton Pulled From the Antikythera Shipwreck Could Give Clues to Life Aboard the Vessel

Archaeologists hope to analyze DNA taken from a skeleton found among the wreckage

Wild horses in Death Valley, California.

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A Brief History of America’s Complicated Relationship With Wild Horses

The iconic symbol of the Wild West has a tangled and controversial story

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Amateur Archaeologist Discovers Significant Amount of Scotland's Ancient Rock Art

Musician and avid walker George Currie has catalogued 670 pieces of prehistoric rock art in the Highlands

The hate crime that killed Matthew Shepard was the impetus for a new choral work.

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A New Choral Work Was Inspired by the Death of Matthew Shepard

“Considering Matthew Shepard” finds hope inside a story of hate

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