Steven Newcomb

Once in a while a book comes along that is transformative. Murder State, by Brendan Lindsay, is such a book. Recently released by University of Nebraska Press, Murder State is heart- wrenching and deeply informative....

August 10, 2012
Julianne Jennings

Gli Indiani d'America sono Uomini, Non Hamburger!

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July 10, 2012
T. Lulani Arquette

The Doctrine of Discovery (DOD) was developed by Roman Catholic Popes beginning in 1452 to justify and provide a legal basis for European Christian nations to expand their empires, take the land and resources of non-white civilizations around the world, and destroy those who would not convert to...

September 03, 2012
Today, February 8, marks the 125th anniversary of the notorious Dawes Act . This is part one of a three-part series on this devastating bit of legislation...
Mary Annette Pember
January 25, 2012
Opinakii, the place where the wild potatoes grow, lies just south of the Bad River Reservation on land ceded to the United States by the Ojibwe in 1842...
As we reported yesterday, a t-shirt sold by The Gap proudly proclaiming "Manifest Destiny" struck a nerve with Native people and inspired a campaign to get the retailer to cease se...
The Manifest Destiny t-shirt that has caused an uproar in Indian country has been removed from the website of its retailer, The Gap...
As we reported earlier today, clothing retailer The Gap is selling a t-shirt that says, for reasons unknown, "Manifest Destiny" -- a historical concept that many Natives associate ...
Apparel manufacturer The Gap is currently selling a black t-shirt bearing -- with no explanation -- the words "MANIFEST DESTINY." Manifest Destiny is a polite term for the popular ...
Lise Balk King

The highly publicized auction of 1,940 acres in the Black Hills of South Dakota known to the Oceti Sakowin as Pe’ Sla, The Heart of Everything that Is, has been cancelled....

August 24, 2012

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