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The latest addition to the prestigious UNESCO list—the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, created by Indigenous people 2,000 years ago—“preserves the future of our past.”
Stephanie Woodard | Nov 13, 2023
After the disruption of colonization, numerous tribal efforts aim to reinvigorate traditional foods and the health benefits they provide.
Stephanie Woodard | Feb 8, 2023
In addition to casting critical votes, Natives are winning local, state, and national offices.
Stephanie Woodard | Aug 1, 2022
“I want our kids to dare, to imagine and want the best.”
Stephanie Woodard | Aug 13, 2021
“No way would Black or Brown people be treated that way had they attacked a symbol of our democracy.”
Stephanie Woodard | Jan 8, 2021
Native communities share heritage ways to live and care for each other during this latest pandemic.
Stephanie Woodard | Dec 18, 2020
“Gardens represent resiliency, strength, wellness, culture.”
Stephanie Woodard | May 20, 2020
A non-Native journalist encounters a tribal-managed forest and an indigenous garden. “I had no idea how to use the English language to describe what I was seeing.”
Stephanie Woodard | Sep 4, 2018
The drama and injustice on display at Standing Rock have taught a new generation of observers what Native Americans already know: Even today theirs is a brutal fight to survive.
Stephanie Woodard | Jan 24, 2017
People from more than 300 tribes traveled to the North Dakota plains to pray and march in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux. Back home, each tribe faces its own version of the “black snake” and a centuries-old struggle to survive.
Stephanie Woodard | Jan 24, 2017