Native Americans – Page 48

Rare disease suddenly arises on Navajo Reservation

March 6, 2013 By Albert Bender

A rare disorder, characterized by some authorities as genetic, has abruptly surfaced on the sprawling Navajo Reservation in the Southwest.

Idle No More: Native movement sweeps Canada and U.S.

January 25, 2013 By Albert Bender

Native communities from coast to coast in the U.S. have embraced this upheaval.

Native American joblessness is slow genocide

July 24, 2012 By Albert Bender

Small wonder that U.S. Native peoples are beset with a blistering, hideous panoply of social and health ills hardly seen elsewhere in this world. Unemployment kills!

Native Americans left out of economic recovery, as always

June 11, 2012 By Albert Bender

For urban Native Americans, the jobless rate averages around 48 percent. In general, Indian Country is in a permanent depression even when the national economy is on the upswing.

Keystone XL: Native Americans outraged

March 23, 2012 By Blake Skylar

After President Obama endorsed a southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline on Mar. 22 (which would carry oil from Cushing to Port Arthur, Texas), Native American activists in Okalahoma expressed outrage at the news. They...