Julie Taboh

In addition to abundant displays of their artwork on campus, students' creations are also on exhibit at IAIA's Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in downtown Santa Fe

In Santa Fe, New Mexico, on a quiet, 56-hectare (140-acre) campus, about 500 students are immersed in contemporary Native American arts and culture

School draws both native and non-native Americans from across the country who wish to explore their artistic abilities while learning more about the diverse range of native cultures in their homeland

For the past 48 years, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has been giving people both on and off the ground a visual feast of rare beauty

Every October, for the past 48 years, hot air balloons have been filling the skies over Albuquerque, New Mexico, giving spectators both on and off the ground a visual feast of rare beauty. VOA's Julie Taboh visited the southwestern state's largest city to see how a modest launch of 13 balloons almost five decades ago has evolved into the largest ballooning event in the world.

For many Americans, the annual Columbus Day holiday honors the heritage and contributions of the 17 million-plus Italian Americans living in the United States. But honoring navigator Christopher Columbus has long been considered by many as an affront to Native Americans who were in the so-called New World long before Columbus arrived in 1492.

The Italian navigator namesake who sailed to the modern-day Americas in 1492, Christopher Columbus has long been considered by some scholars and Native Americans as an affront to those who had settled on the land thousands of years prior to his arrival

Global nonprofit organization in Tanzania has developed innovative method using African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis using their extraordinary sense of smell

Global nonprofit organization in Tanzania has developed innovative method using African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis using their extraordinary sense of smell

Artisans learn old-school trades in high demand for restoration projects