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Top 10 Native American Heritage Sites in America

Ten places we think are worth the trip, hand-picked, not an exhaustive list, just a place to start.

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★ Featured Selection
Sky City Cultural Center & Haak'u Museum

Sky City Cultural Center & Haak'u Museum

Acoma Pueblo, NM

Atop a sandstone mesa, gateway to Acoma, the oldest continuously inhabited community in North America (since ~1150 CE)

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Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

Collinsville, IL

Largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico; a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

Ganado, AZ

Oldest continuously operating trading post on the Navajo Nation, preserved by the National Park Service

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Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

Albuquerque, NM

Shared gateway institution for all 19 New Mexico Pueblo nations

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Wupatki National Monument

Wupatki National Monument

Flagstaff, AZ

A 100-room Ancestral Puebloan pueblo rising out of the high desert

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Chumash Museum and Cultural Center

Santa Ynez, CA

Newly opened (2025); a 24,000-object collection painstakingly bought back from private hands

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Navajo Nation Museum & Library

Navajo Nation Museum & Library

Window Rock, AZ

40,000 photographs and the story of the Navajo Long Walk, told by the Navajo Nation itself

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Osage Nation Museum

Osage Nation Museum

Pawhuska, OK

One of the oldest tribally owned museums in the country

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Cherokee National History Museum

Cherokee National History Museum

Tahlequah, OK

Inside the historic Cherokee National Capitol building, seat of tribal government since 1869

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Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Santa Fe, NM

Smithsonian-affiliate collection on Santa Fe's Museum Hill, steps from where Route 66 once ran

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