Tag: Native Americans
Wilma Mankiller, first female principal chief of Cherokee Nation, led with...
Julie Reed, Penn State
If you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter today, there’s a...
Native American children’s protection against adoption by non-Indian families is before...
Kirsten Matoy Carlson, Wayne State University
During oral arguments about the constitutionality of a 1978 law enacted to protect...
Indigenous languages make inroads into public schools
Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College
Whenever November would roll around, James Gensaw, a Yurok language high school teacher in far...
Native Americans’ decades long struggle for control over sacred lands is...
Rosalyn R. LaPier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Who should manage public land that is sacred to Native Americans?
Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging times
Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University and Meghan Elizabeth Kallman, UMass Boston
Americans don’t agree on much these days, but...
Christianity was a major part of Indigenous boarding schools – a...
Brenda J. Child, University of Minnesota
During a weeklong trip to Canada, Pope Francis visited a former residential school...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
