THE soft, lilting notes of the sape float through the air as Mathew Ngau Jau’s fingers dance across the strings, bringing a traditional Orang Ulu melody to life. For this master musician, each tune ...

hat began as a simple request for electrical rewiring turned into an unexpected windfall for residents of Rumah Panjang Kiong in the remote interior of Kapit when their village was selected as the ...

World of Warcraft housing is finally a reality - well, it is for those that have pre-ordered the Midnight expansion, at least. It's taken players no time at all to build everything from cozy cottages, ...

Deep within the remaining tropical forests of the world, the last uncontacted peoples live in near-total isolation. Their very presence carries unintended yet powerful implications for all of us.

It’s easy to imagine American frontier folk felling trees to build log cabins. But what about homes made from sod, clay—or even ice? Long before colonization, Indigenous communities built and designed ...

Borneo’s Indigenous Punan people’s centuries-old plant knowledge is fading as younger generations turn to modern medicine, and secrecy limits knowledge sharing. Two important medicinal species, Cissus ...

Viking Age stories often involve modern-day Denmark, the fjords of Norway, the British Isles and Iceland, yet one overlooked stronghold of Viking history lay far north of the Arctic Circle. The sagas ...

While traditional offerings like museums and wilderness remain popular, more unexpected experiences, like food and storytelling, have also proliferated. “We are redirecting the narrative that has been ...

The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is building a longhouse at their Levee Road housing development site in Fife. The longhouse is designed to have approximately 17,300 square feet of interior space and ...

Native American historian Ned Blackhawk joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the cultures and histories of the indigenous peoples of North America. Why were reservations ...

I have already discussed many of the obstacles, or problems, faced by the early settlers in Ohio. Things like disease and lack of medical care, food scarcity, disgruntled indigenous animals and ...

As he grew into adulthood, Onondaga Indian William Webster sometimes heard "whispered" explanations for how he, and his relatives, came to bear their last name. But he said the historical evidence ...