Mark Maxey
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Maxey
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U.S.
In the Muscogee Creek Nation, the free press isn’t free
November 28, 2018The tribe's government has stripped Mvskoke Media of its independent status and placed it under the control of the executive branch.
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U.S.
Robert Mitchell: In my own words, I just want my freedom!
July 27, 2018"I hold no hard feelings toward anybody. That’s not how I was raised. I just want my freedom!”
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Culture
Picking up sticks and stones at Woody Fest 2018
July 16, 2018In the hometown where Woody grew up, Okemah, Okla, each year around his birthday the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival takes place. It’s sorta an old hippie crowd along with progressive young persons desiring to connect to...
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U.S.
Robert Mitchell: Indigenous teen robbed of 25 years and counting by racist justice
July 10, 2018Mitchell’s life was ripped away at the tender age of 15, and now at 41 years of age, he is seeking justice.
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Opinion
American Indian Movement founded 50 years ago
July 9, 2018And it still inspires today's generation of Indigenous warriors.
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Culture
Folk singer goes 360 for WoodyFest 2018
July 5, 2018Throughout his career he has opened for Jesse Colin Young, Crosby Stills and Nash, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Joan Baez, and John Trudell, to just name a few.
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Opinion
As Indigenous people have long known, child separation is an American tradition
June 27, 2018Trump migrant child separation policy has many saying, “This is not what America is about." The reality is that this country's government has done a lot of this in the past.
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U.S.
Indigenous prisoner shot by police in Nebraska, denied proper medical care
June 15, 201821-year-old Micah Taylor was shot by an Omaha policeman in March. He's still got a bullet in his neck and is not getting required treatment.
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