Editor's note:This story, originally published in 2014, was updated on May 5, 2021 with links tothe latest version of Aaron Carapella's map Finding an address on a map can be taken for granted in the ...

Maps hold power. For millennia, the borders and place names represented on world maps signify who claims or possesses control of a geographic region. Through colonization, violent conquest or ...

For members of dozens of Native American nations, crossing tribal lands often means crossing an international border. Christina Leza, associate professor of anthropology and Indigenous studies at ...

On a warm summer day in June, Johnny Lehi stands a few steps off U.S. Route 89 under the harsh, northern Arizona sun. He stares at a windswept expanse of red rocks, cliffs and clay that he hopes he'll ...