Suzan Shown Harjo

Fighting Racist Stereotypes in Sports One Poll at a Time

A thousand people were asked in April if the Washington NFL franchise should change its name and (shocker) 79 percent said no....

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May 14, 2013

In Debate Over Redskins' Name, Is the ‘R-word’ for Racism or Respect?

Michelle Peirano, Cronkite News
May 02, 2013
Amanda Blackhorse is outraged when she thinks of the Washington Redskins, a team whose name and mascot are deeply offensive to the Navajo woman...

CNN In America: Native American Mascots: Pride or Prejudice?

ICTMN Staff
April 04, 2013
CNN.com's In America series asks: "What defines you?...

Native American Rights Fund Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Offensive 'Redskins' Trademark Legislation

ICTMN Staff
March 26, 2013
On March 21, H.R. 1278, was introduced in the House by Rep...
Timothy Aqukkasuk Argetsinger

VAWA's Loudest Advocates Further Silence Native Women

Many federally recognized tribes are celebrating the reauthorization of VAWA, which contains key provisions that authorize tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians in sexual assault and domestic violence cases on reservation....

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March 24, 2013

House Introduces Bill to Ban Racist 'Redskins' Trademark

Gale Courey Toensing
March 21, 2013
A new law banning the trademarking of the term “redskins” and other racist language against Native Americans may accomplish what a number of court cases have so far failed to do...

A New Generation Takes on the Redskins; Asks Team’s Lawyers to Buy New Dictionaries

Rob Capriccioso
March 21, 2013
Amanda Blackhorse, a 31-year-old Navajo social worker, was in Alexandria, Virginia in early March to begin the next phase of getting the National Football League’s Washington, D.C...

Battle Over Redskins Name Goes Before Federal Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

ICTMN Staff
March 07, 2013
The long-running battle over the Washington Redskins name gets a restart today, Thursday, March 7, when a group of Native Americans goes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...

Looking Back to the Future of VAWA: Suzan Shown Harjo: "Congress, Make the Streets Safe for Indian Women, Too"

ICTMN Staff
March 01, 2013
In one of her columns for Indian Country Today , Suzan Shown Harjo wrote: "Only the reinstatement of tribal jurisdiction and remedies has a chance of reversing the epidemic levels ...

Head to Arizona for the Vine Deloria Jr. Distinguished Indigenous Scholars Series

ICTMN Staff
March 01, 2013
The prestigious Vine Deloria Jr. Distinguished Indigenous Scholars Series is underway at the University of Arizona in Tucson...

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