Tag: Native Americans
Spotty data and media bias delay justice for missing and murdered...
Wendelin Hume, University of North Dakota
No one knows just how many Indigenous girls or women go missing each...
The first Thanksgiving is a key chapter in America’s origin story...
Peter C. Mancall, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the...
As climate change parches the Southwest, here’s a better way to...
Daniel Craig McCool, University of Utah
The Colorado River is a vital lifeline for...
Infrastructure matters for wildlife too – here’s how aging culverts are...
Ashlee Abrantes, University of Washington
As the Biden administration prepares to make the biggest investment in U.S. infrastructure in...
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Why it’s replacing Columbus Day in many places
Susan C. Faircloth, Colorado State University
Columbus Day celebrations in the United States – meant to honor the legacy...
Supreme Court affirms tribal police authority over non-Indians
Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University
The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the sovereign power of American Indian tribes on June...
Ending food insecurity in Native communities means restoring land rights, handing...
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Oklahoma State University
For Indigenous people in the U.S., food is considered a sacred gift....
Returning the ‘three sisters’ – corn, beans and squash – to...
Christina Gish Hill, Iowa State University
Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal...