Native Americans – Page 8

Tennessee legislative committee hears bill to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

March 14, 2023 By Albert Bender

Indigenous representatives were upset that the committee delayed outright approval.

U.S. renames five places that used racist slur for a Native woman

January 18, 2023 By Trisha Ahmed

The renamed sites are in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas, completing a yearlong process to remove the historically offensive word “squaw” from geographic names.

Water Protector and intrepid warrior Joye Braun passes on

January 6, 2023 By Albert Bender

She was the first to set up her lodge in the snow at Standing Rock to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).

Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild ‘relatives’

December 8, 2022 By Matthew Brown

Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago.

Thanksgiving’s genocidal history continues amid family gatherings and celebrations

November 23, 2022 By Albert Bender

Another Thanksgiving—called “Thankstaking” in many Indigenous circles—comes and goes, but its bloody background forever lingers on.