Native Americans
‘Peace Circle’ commemorates 1843 Treaty of Bird’s Fort at Grapevine, Texas
September 27, 2021The Treaty of Bird’s Fort was the result of years of conflict and bloodshed between Native American nations and the onrushing tide of white settlers who later called themselves Texans.
Read moreThousands of Indigenous children perished in ‘genocide boarding schools’
August 12, 2021Hunger. Starvation. Beatings. Ill-clothed in winter. Forbidden to speak their Native tongues. Sexual predators roaming the dormitory halls. Such was the lot of thousands of Indigenous children in the Indian boarding school era.
Read moreLummi totem pole heads for nation’s capital with appeal: Find missing women
June 1, 2021Wood carvers from the Lummi Tribe brought a 24-foot cedar totem pole to the North Olympic Peninsula for a ceremony sending a message to the federal government.
Read moreThe struggle against Native ‘mascots’ erupts in Tennessee town
May 17, 2021In yet another area, people rise up against the use of Native “mascots” by school sports teams.
Read moreHundreds march in California for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
May 10, 2021Indigenous women are victims of murder at rates more than ten times the national average.
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