How Native American Genes Tell the Story of Europeans’ Arrival
Europeans’ arrival in North America left a mark on the population of people already here. A new study…
Browsing Tag
Native Americans
69 posts
‘We Have Come to Dance for Our People’
Jingle Dress Dancers bring healing and prayer after a historic day of battle in North Dakota’s oil pipeline war.
Inside the Battle Over the Dakota Access Pipeline
Prayer circles, rubber bullets, and a buffalo stampede at the major protest in rural North Dakota.
Why Student Loans Don’t Work for Native American Students
Few tribal colleges allow their attendees to take out federal student loans because of how hard they are…
What’s Behind the Myth of Native American Alcoholism?
The myth about American Indian predisposition to alcoholism is as false as saying that white people are naturally…
The Native American Protests in North Dakota Are About More Than an Oil Pipeline
Do the last few weeks mark a turning point for environmental activism?
How Mortality Data Fails Native Americans
The latest data from the CDC finds that death certificates often misclassify American Indians and Alaska Natives as…
Navajos Fight to Protect Their Brand
And, more to the point, what it represents. By Erika Bsumek (Photo: Change.org) Last week, Dylan McCabe, a…
Shelf Help: ‘The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America’
Not the slavery you learned about in high school.
The Native American Tribe With a Claim to the Contested Land in Burns, Oregon
The Burns Paiute tribe has got more of a right to that land than Ammon Bundy, or anyone else for that matter.