A mitochondrial DNA study points to at least two waves of migration linking the Americas, China, and Japan- one during the ...

A long-held theory about the earliest migration to the Americas is under fresh scientific fire. For years, many believed that the First Peoples came from Japan, tracing their ancestry to the Jomon, a ...

Hana Maruyama, a history professor at the University of Connecticut, was the host for the history department’s “Wednesday Workshops” on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The original title of her presentation, “The ...

During a trip to Japan this summer, Lafayette native Colette Bernard learned many things about the Japanese culture, including a world in the heart of Tokyo that seemed to parallel south Louisiana.

Asked to list stereotypes they had heard about themselves or other Native Americans, more than 200 middle school-age citizens ...