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  • Abramoff Whistle-Blower Tom Rodgers Creates Scholarship for Native Students

    The man who blew the whistle on former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff has established a full-ride law school scholarship for American Indian students and has called it the Tom C. Rodgers... read more

  • Animation from Marty Two Bulls on the 125th Anniversary of the Infamous Dawes Act

    A humorous animation on the destructive Dawes Act of 1887 read more

  • Grand Canyon Will Ban Sale of Bottled Water

    Plastic water bottles make up about 20% of the waste and 30% of all recyclables collected in the Grand Canyon National Park, according to an Associated Press article, but that is about to ch... read more

  • Get the Frack Out Of Here!

    John Fenton’s water went bad about six years ago. “Our water well’s only 12 years old,” he says. “We drilled it when we built the house… then it started to change and [get] bubbl... read more

  • In Bolivia, Many Indigenous Communities Turn to Vigilantism to Fight Crime

    If a man kills another man in the harsh high plains of Jesús de Machaca or the lush lowlands of Beni, the people who catch him might not call the police. Instead they might call a meeting.... read more

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