ORLANDO, Fla., April 2 (UPI) --Florida's Native American Calusa nation had much more advanced engineering systems than previously realized, and they allowed members to capture and store fish in large ...

The chances are good that your first formal lesson about American Indians involved Thanksgiving. It’s no surprise then that November is National American Indian Heritage Month — or Native American ...

With winds whipping, Parke Lewis hesitates to throw an atlatl, fearful it will go off course or soar farther than ever. Demonstrating how historians think the Calusa fatally injured explorer Juan ...

The history of Naples, Florida, is amazingly rich and varied. Our region’s history dates back to the Calusa Indians, who were met by Spanish explorers in the 1500s. At the tribe’s peak, it is said ...

Part one of the 'Living on the Edge' series deals with lessons from the past. Hurricane Ian struck Southwest Florida in the same place where Florida’s powerful Calusa natives lived over 2,000 years ...

On a russet November day in 1621, in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, just across the bay from Cape Cod, the Plymouth Colony settlers were preparing a meager harvest celebration when 90 natives of the ...

Four easy-to-access destinations to experience this majestic place of sawgrass and sky. For centuries, the Everglades has held a tight grip on the human imagination. Thousands of years ago the Calusa ...

Tuesday will be an eventful day for many Lee County residents and not just because it's Election Day. It's Sanibel's 50th birthday! Sanibel was officially incorporated into Lee County on Nov. 5, 1974.