The series features interviews with historians, illustrations of key events, re-enactors depicting warfare and life in the ...

From Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson to Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, American stars help tell the story of The American ...

Opinion. Ken Burns, the award-winning filmmaker whose work has defined how Americans understand the Civil War, baseball, jazz ...

SEATTLE, WA. — The late Jim Thorpe is regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, and for good reason. He was the first Native American to become an Olympic gold medalist. He also became an ...

More than nine years in the making, the six-part,12-hour documentary series tells the tale of the country’s founding struggle ...

“The American Revolution” is the opposite: enduring, not ephemeral. And it accomplishes what Gerbner urges: “To move past a ...

Burns' anticipated six-part docuseries "The American Revolution" premieres at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16 nationwide on PBS, ...

When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the online Native Cinema Showcase, celebrating short films by Indigenous filmmakers of the Western Hemisphere. The museum’s annual ...

Pauline Sharp, Kanza, at Iⁿ'zhúje'waxóbe, the sacred big red rock at Allegawaho Memorial Park near Council Grove. Pauline Sharp, Kanza, at Iⁿ'zhúje'waxóbe, the sacred big red rock at Allegawaho ...

As the nation observes Native American History Month, Cherokee Film is inviting audiences to revisit the country’s beginnings ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A new documentary on the History Channel is putting a spotlight on Native American Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe. ‘Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning’ will explore the life and ...