Opinions
April 21, 2013
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The virtual currency, bitcoin, recently gained attention as its trading value topped $140 US per coin on April 2. Most of the hoopla surrounding the news about bitcoin skirted the critical fact that the $1.5 billion trading system is mostly funding... Walter Lamar
April 20, 2013
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To paraphrase one of the trite banalities she compulsively invoked throughout 2012, the spiritual godmother of the Occupy movement has telegraphed a definitive message to indigenous men and women since she swore the oath of her new position in... Cole R. DeLaune
April 19, 2013
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The Supreme Court of the United States allows no cameras to record oral arguments, but they have allowed audio recordings. Wide access to the remarks of the Justices (excepting Justice Clarence Thomas, who is customarily silent) has combined with... Steve Russell
April 18, 2013
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The potential impacts of Internet gaming legalization was a major topic at last month’s National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) convention. Another critical topic, not surprisingly, was economic diversification and Tribes’ ability to pursue and... Jamie Fullmer
April 18, 2013
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Keesta had thrown the harpoon, and the whale had accepted it, had grabbed and held onto the harpoon according to the agreement they had made through prayers and petitions. Harmony prevailed, whale and whaler were one. (Umeek, Richard Atleo as quoted... Jessica Thornton
April 17, 2013
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Recently, in a photo essay entitled, “Here's what life is like on the notorious Wind River Indian Reservation,” the online Business Insider gave a tour of the sprawling central Wyoming home of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes.
The... Lisa Jones
April 16, 2013
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On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. The facts of the case are straightforward: A South Carolina couple is seeking to force Dusten Brown, an Iraq war veteran and member of the Cherokee Tribe,... John Echohawk, Jacqueline Pata, Terry Cross
April 16, 2013
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The mainstream media has continued to make repeated factual errors when reporting on the high profile Supreme Court custody case involving a Native American father and his daughter. The latest are today’s Washington Post and New York Times editorial... Jacqueline Pata
April 16, 2013
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Every Cherokee Nation citizen deserves a long and healthy life. I believe that means access to quality health care, and as Principal Chief, I made a commitment to our people to address this critical issue. Last year, we increased the percentage of... Bill John Baker
April 15, 2013
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Sovereignty is a word with many meanings. Because it is a Latin word in origination, adapted by the French language, there may be several definitions. The adaptation by Onkwehonweh (Original People) of the use of this word most often relates to a... Charles Kader
April 14, 2013
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Every once in a while a really nice example of institutional racism emerges from the corporate media and gives us a chance to expose unexamined assumptions that make truth impossible.
The March 30 New York Times carried a front page article about... Paul Udstrand
April 12, 2013
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Virtually everything written about Natives in colonial New England is viewed through an ethnocentric lens of the master narrative. Further it is structured by a religious zeal which proclaims their god given right of manifest destiny to “rid the... Larry Spotted Crown Mann
April 11, 2013
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The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has a good deal of recent news that is of particular importance to Indian country and that I would like to share with you.
At its recent winter business meeting on March 1, the ACHP became the... Milford Wayne Donaldson
April 10, 2013
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Néret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou, a Parisian auction house that I’m sure perceives itself as catering to only the “best people,” is about to auction off cultural patrimony looted from the Hopi Nation.
Auctioneer Gilles Néret-Minet dismissed Hopi... Steve Russell