3 Native Women Who Influenced Indian Politics and Federal Policy

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
8/25/16
The turn of the 20th century was a time of intense change for American Indians. Native military resistance to U.S...

Is Forgiveness the Only Option to Heal From Historical Trauma?

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
8/25/16

I recently attended a play put on by a Native production company under the command of the acclaimed Lakota playwright, Larissa FastHorse....

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Born Before 1970? 9 More Native Civil Rights You’re Older Than

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
8/18/16
Do you think that the United States’ injustices against American Indians exist only in the past? Think again...

Born Before 1970? You’re Older Than 9 Native Civil Rights

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
8/11/16
Do you think that the United States’ injustices against American Indians exist only in the past? Think again...

Healing Unresolved Grief in Indigenous & Settler Societies

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
8/1/16

As Native people we are no strangers to grief. Profound grief. With a growing literature on historical trauma, we have clearer understandings about how the political realities of colonization have affected us on the individual level....

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Two Paiute Students Succeed Against the Odds at Walker River Reservation

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
7/26/16
In 2013 news headlines lit up the Internet with the release of an annual report from the respected publication Education Week , declaring that nationally, high school graduation ra...

3 Historical Native Women You Might Not Know, But Should

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
7/25/16
In the category of “famous Native American women,” everyone has heard of Pocahontas and Sacajawea...

American Myths and Indigenous History: A New Book

Peter d'Errico
7/5/16

A study of myths demands a clarification: What do we mean by "myth"?...

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‘There are No Words’: Reviving Canoe Culture on the Upper Columbia River

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
6/24/16
If you build them, they will come. It began, as many things do, with a conversation...

Jim Boyd’s Passing the Second of Two Devastating Losses for Colvilles

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
6/24/16
The sudden passing of Colville tribal leader and musician Jim Boyd was a shocking blow to the tribe and especially to Boyd’s home community of Inchelium...

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