The history of the big iconic national parks is one of open theft from the tribes. Historians such as Karl Jacoby and Mark David Spence have explored these issues in depth and you should read their bo
I’ve highlighted this issue before, but one of the most complex racial issues the nation has is the Oklahoma tribes that adopted chattel slavery trying to deny tribal status (with the resource d
Once again, a long, long, long history of racism in science, technology, and medicine has real-life implications in dealing with the COVID pandemic. The tribes have had horrifying levels of COVID deat
If you want to get into the messiness of American history, explore the history of race and slavery within the tribes. The Choctaw for instance really do not want to count the descendants of their form
Here is an interesting indigenous perspective on housing as a human right and how a capitalist market-based housing system is a disaster for everyone who can’t afford to play: According to Jacki
Good story here on what the Biden administration means for the tribes attempts to protect sacred lands. In the first weeks, if not days, of his administration, President Joe Biden is expected to resto
Nick Estes has a typically good piece placing the resistance of Nick Tilsen and other Lakotas to Donald Trump’s visit to Mt. Rushmore in the context of the long struggle of the Lakotas for the B
While the House majority is extremely slim and I can see why Pelosi and Hoyer would not want any more appointees out of the House, the appointment of Deb Haaland, who represents Albuquerque in Congres