The farm states are freaking out because the rise of electric vehicles could undermine their model of plowing up half the nation for corn that we don’t need and thus use to burn for fuel. When i
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
The horrifying death rates of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation have finally gotten the nation’s attention. Native Americans are effectively forgotten about by the nation–even on the left̵
Interesting piece here on the history of Republicans adding states to ensure Senate majorities, going all the way back to Lincoln. Once upon a time, nobody lived in Nevada. In 1860, the year Abraham L
In our long history with Native Americans, there is much we should be ashamed of. First and foremost, it’s that even today and even on the left, Native issues simply don’t get the attentio
I write from Helena, Montana, in a very brief return to civilization from days of camping and hiking in our nation’s most beautiful places, all of which are in the West, because let’s face
I’ve long said that the most underrated state in the U.S. in terms of horrible racism is South Dakota. Such was the case when a group of academic achievers from the Lakota tribe were rewarded fo
It’s important to note in the wake of Ferguson that the war against people of color waged by American police forces is not just against African-Americans. Take this case: In October 2013, An 8 y