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Franklin Pierce: Fierce Protector of White Settlers in ‘Indian Territory’
Editor’s note: Voters this year will elect the 45th...
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Iron in Newfoundland Puts Another Nail in the Coffin of the Columbus Myth
A “space archaeologist” thinks she has discovered more...
The Excruciating Legacy of NAGPRA
The topic sounded dry as bones, but the discussion was...
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5 More Native Women Who Know Their History
History matters. And so does who teaches it. For Women’s...
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Millard Fillmore: The Racist Who Didn’t Like Anyone
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American Indian History

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From Talking Leaves to Pixels: Exhibit Shows Progression of Cherokee Language

Cherokee Heritage Center
2/4/16
The Cherokee language is one of North America’s healthiest native languages primarily due to its extensive documentation throughout history...

Steve Russell: In Search of Will Rogers via 'The Verdigris'

Steve Russell
2/3/16
Beau Jennings is a guitar picker who admits to a Will Rogers obsession...
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Rogue Agencies Can Ignore Historic Preservation Law

Marc Dadigan
2/3/16
A lawsuit filed October 2015 by the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians and the Round Valley Indian Tribes claims California Department of Transportation officials flouted historic ...
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‘Bring Me The Girl’: Why ‘The Revenant’ was Hard for My Friends and Me

Sasha LaPointe
2/3/16
When a friend brought over a copy of The Revenant I was more than willing to host a viewing party. I was thrilled at first for the typical reasons...
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James Monroe: Pushed Tribes Off Land, But Boosted Indian Education

Alysa Landry
2/2/16
Editor’s note: Voters this year will elect the 45 th president of the United States...
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An Indigenous Friendly Nation State?

Duane Champagne
1/31/16
Most indigenous Peoples are willing to participate in national government institutions, but at the same time want to retain their own ways of self-government, land, and cultural or...

Not Sold In Stores: Cherokee Nation to Disperse Heirloom Seeds February 1

Cherokee Nation
1/29/16
The Cherokee Nation will begin dispersing its limited supply of heirloom seeds to tribal citizens interested in growing traditional Cherokee crops and plants starting February 1...

$77K Price Tag to Replace Decapitated Junípero Serra Statue's Head

ICTMN Staff
1/28/16
A new head for a statue of Junípero Serra that was decapitated in Monterey in October—about two weeks after the Spanish missionary was canonized by Pope Francis over the protests o...

‘Don’t Let the Corporation Steal Our Land!’ Tlingit Elder Opposes Alaska Native Landless Bill

Frank Hopper
1/28/16
For much of the year the jet stream brings one rain system after another to Southeast Alaska, feeding the largest temperate rainforest in the world, the Tongass, ancestral home of ...
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Desecration Row: Wisconsin Bill Threatens All Native Burial Mound Sites

Pam Hughes
1/27/16
A new conflict between Native Americans in Wisconsin and state Republicans has emphasized the friction between the two groups since Republicans recaptured control of the state legi...

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