Native American

On this edition of Conversations, Anna Rose Johnson talks with host Dan Skinner about her latest middle-grade novel, “The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry.”

On this edition of Conversations, Eddie Chuculate talks with host Dan Skinner about “This Indian Kid – A Native American Memoir.”

On this edition of Conversations, Camilla Townsend talks with host Dan Skinner about “On the Turtle’s Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren.”

On this edition of Conversations, Margaret Verble talks with host Dan Skinner about her latest novel, “Stealing.”

On this edition of Conversations, Angeline Boulley talks with host Dan Skinner about her debut novel, “Firekeeper's Daughter.” Boulley is a storyteller…

On this edition of Conversations, David Treuer talks about his latest book, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present.

Here's a summary of today's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR News Team.

It was kept secret for more than 20 years after the end of World War II, but Native American soldiers were a key factor in America's victory over the Japanese in the Pacific. Many people now know the story of the Navajo Code Talkers. In this guest commentary, we hear about one of those Native American heroes who had ties to Kansas.

Almost 150 years ago this month, a group of Union Army soldiers were attacked and killed by Indians on the High Plains of northwest Kansas in what's come to be called the "Kidder Massacre" by some historians. Like many Native Americans, Commentator Rex Buchanan doesn't refer to the attack as a "massacre," but he did recently visit the site of the battle, near Beaver Creek in Sherman County.

New archaeological evidence suggests that a Native American community of about 20,000 was living in the present-day area of Arkansas City more than 400 years ago.