Native Americans
U.S. renames five places that used racist slur for a Native woman
January 18, 2023The renamed sites are in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas, completing a yearlong process to remove the historically offensive word “squaw” from geographic names.
Read moreWater Protector and intrepid warrior Joye Braun passes on
January 6, 2023She was the first to set up her lodge in the snow at Standing Rock to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
Read moreNorthern Plains tribes bring back their wild ‘relatives’
December 8, 2022Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago.
Read moreThanksgiving’s genocidal history continues amid family gatherings and celebrations
November 23, 2022Another Thanksgiving—called “Thankstaking” in many Indigenous circles—comes and goes, but its bloody background forever lingers on.
Read moreOverturning the Indian Child Welfare Act would renew genocide of Indigenous nations
November 22, 2022The ICWA safeguards tribal sovereignty by recognizing a Tribal nation’s authority to care for its children. The Supreme Court could destroy that.
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