The Atlantic

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Lissa Yellowbird-Chase, an amateur sleuth, believes that every human being deserves to be searched for.

The Christian Science Monitor

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The poignancy and tension that run through artist Cannon’s art speak to a larger discussion going on today as the United States grapples with thorny questions of ethnic identity, land rights, and cultural heritage.

The Christian Science Monitor

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A new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian explores the role that American Indian names, images, and stories have played in history, identity, and pop culture in the US. The well-received 2016 documentary 'Rumble' de

The Atlantic

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Two centuries ago, Congress passed a law that kicked into high gear the U.S. government’s campaign to assimilate Native Americans to Western culture—to figuratively “kill the Indian,” as one general later put it, and “save the man.” The Civilization

International Traveller

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The AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKA NATIVE TOURISM ASSOCIATION (AIANTA) is the only organisation dedicated to advancing Indian Country tourism across the United States (aianta.org). Its website Native America Travel (nativeamerica.travel) offers inspiration a

The Christian Science Monitor

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Orange's debut novel follows 12 indigenous people living in Oakland, Calif., all wrestling with the effects of their heritage on their daily experiences.

NPR

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Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Mark Trahant, former president of the Native American Journalists Association and a member of the Shoshone-Bannock tribe.

Adirondack Explorer

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Melissa Otis has written a book that we have been waiting a long time for. The story of Native Americans in the Adirondacks has been ignored, glossed over, and woefully misstated. “Rural Indigenousness: A History of Iroquoian and Algonquian Peoples o

NPR

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The idea of removing the statute had been debated for decades. It will be replaced by a plaque explaining the rationale for its removal from a site near City Hall.

NPR

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The statue, called Early Days, showed a Native American gazing up at a vaquero, or Spanish cowboy, and a proselytizing priest. Native groups have long called for the sculpture's removal.

Los Angeles Times

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Tuesday apologizing on behalf of the citizens of California for a history of "violence, maltreatment and neglect" against Native Americans in a rare move that some tribal leaders said c

History of War

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“TRIBAL HATREDS MADE COMMON ACTION AGAINST THE WHITES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN INSTANCES OF ALLIANCES, LIKE THE POWERFUL SIOUX AND THE CHEYENNE” Author: Page Smith Publisher: Amberley Publishing Price: £20 Released: Out now Page Smith nee

Literary Hub

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Aspen Words, a program of the Aspen Institute, today announced the shortlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize (AWLP), a $35,000 annual award for a work of fiction that illuminates vital contemporary issues. The 2019 shortlist: Friday Black by Nana

History of War

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“TRIBAL HATREDS MADE COMMON ACTION AGAINST THE WHITES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN INSTANCES OF ALLIANCES, LIKE THE POWERFUL SIOUX AND THE CHEYENNE” Author: Page Smith Publisher: Amberley Publishing Price: £20 Released: Out now Page Smith nee

Wild West

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In his 2016 book An American Genocide historian Benjamin Madley strives to comprehend how a West Point–trained officer could have conceived a military operation to kill hundreds of mostly unarmed Pomos as punishment for the murders of two overtly abu

Global Voices

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Brightman was a key figure in many important acts of Native American resistance, including the takeover of Alcatraz Island and the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

Cowboys & Indians

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WES STUDI RECENTLY BECAME THE ON-CAMERA FACE OF A SERIES OF IMPORTANT PUBLIC-SERVICE announcement videos by the nonprofit Partnership With Native Americans. Since 1990, PWNA has been working with Native Americans living on remote, geographically isol

C Magazine

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I was very young when I heard about the death of Neil Stonechild, but I remember the story well and I remember how it unravelled for years after. I did not know Neil, but we were both from Treaty 6 territory. We were only a few years apart in age and

American History

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In the early 1500s, inhabitants of the region along what became the border between Maine and Canada stood on their beaches, watching strange white objects approach by sea. Perplexity turned to astonishment as native peoples tried to wrap their minds

NPR

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Deb Haaland could be the first Native American woman to head to Congress. She's one of a record number of Native American candidates running for office this year.

Literary Hub

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We begin with the land. We emerge from the earth of our mother, and our bodies will be returned to earth. We are the land. We cannot own it, no matter any proclamation by paper state. We are literally the land, a planet. Our spirits inhabit this plac

NPR

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James Ramos, a Native American who authored three new laws said, "For once, we do have someone in the legislature that understands the issues and the plight of the California Indian people."

Journal of Alta California

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By the end of the first chapter of “There There,” Tommy Orange’s debut novel, I experienced a familiar feeling. It last struck me when I read Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, “The Sympathizer,” a thrill that comes from two simultaneous realizations. First:

Best Self Magazine

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Photograph by Simon Russell _________________________________ My life has existed at the crossroads of two cultures for more than three decades — one foot planted in the modern American paradigm and the other equally in that of the Native American. R

Stamp Collector

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As the Mayflower 400 website (www.mayflower400uk.org) explains: ‘this particular vessel and the people on board would have far and long-lasting consequences for their future and legacy… The history of Native American people is often charted from firs

Presidential Actions

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National Native American Heritage Month, 2017 - - - - - - - By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation American Indians and Alaska Natives are inextricably linked with the history of the United States. Beginning with the

C Magazine

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On the floor are three oversized cedar dice resting on a colourful blanket surrounded by people. The smooth, polished edges of each die invite touch. You feel the weight, perhaps lighter than you expected. Breathe the faint cedar aroma. Feel the groo

Los Angeles Times

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In the Disney version of California, the Golden State was built by industrious settlers who came in waves from various points east to make their fortunes from the resource-rich land that, in some places, was actually lined in gold. The truth, however

Literary Hub

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Layli Long Soldier’s Whereas confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties, and apologies to Native American peoples and tribes, and reflects that language in its officiousness and duplicity back on its pe

Cowboys & Indians

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CONSIDERING THE EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY BEHIND the new National Native American Veterans Memorial, the story of the hawk that consecrated its location on the National Mall doesn’t seem so far-fetched. Shortly after the design was selected in 2018, the