This Native Tribe鈥檚 Response to COVID-19 Is Working鈥攁nd Addressing Another Community Problem
The Eastern Band of Cherokees is applying lessons from the pandemic to help them fight addiction in their community.
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Prolonged Uprising Is the New Normal
Along with community care, accountability, and the disruption of oppressive systems.
10 Indigenous People Whose Statues Should Replace Columbus鈥�
In a country of this size and diversity, it makes little sense to cling to statues that honor only a few, including historical figures unworthy of such acclaim.
The Shared History of Wild Horses and Indigenous People
Horse sanctuaries along the Native American Horse Trail are working to save America鈥檚 last Indigenous horses and rewrite official histories that claim they don鈥檛 exist.
What We Can Learn About Resilience from Indigenous Leaders
Staying connected to community, caring for the most vulnerable, and finding joy should all be a priority right now.
How Technology Helps Preserve Endangered Indigenous Languages
From smartphone apps to web tools, tribal members are using tech to document and practice their native languages.
Community Care: An Indigenous Response to Coronavirus
Our decolonial work involves supporting the collective over our own ego and honoring the interdependence of all beings.
Dismantling Food Colonialism in the Hopi Nation
Hopi leaders are restoring food sovereignty for the tribe鈥檚 2,500-square-mile reservation鈥攚hich has only two grocery stores.
Indigenous Blockades Don鈥檛 Just Decry Destruction鈥擳hey Affirm Life
By protesting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and blocking Canadian railways, the Wet'suwet'en resistance camp is asserting the rights of First Nations.
Strength From Grief: How Aboriginal People Experience the Bushfire Crisis
How do you support people forever attached to a landscape after an inferno tears through their homelands: decimating native food sources, burning through ancient scarred trees, and destroying ancestral and totemic plants
To Help Australia, Look to Aboriginal Fire Management
Cultural burning is proactive, while Western-style controlled burning, also called hazard reduction burning, is reactive.
For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds
鈥淥ur seeds are more than just food for us. Yes, they are nutrition. But they鈥檙e also… spirituality,鈥� says Electa Hare-RedCorn, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and a
鈥淲e Are Still Here鈥�: Native Americans Win a Voice in Government
In light of important midterm election wins, two Native journalists revisit the influence of Indigenous peoples on democracy through the ages.
Have Republicans Rallied the Native Vote?
Native voters in North and South Dakota embrace the value of their vote since Standing Rock.
Women of Color Face Significant Barriers When Running for Office. But They鈥檙e Finding Support
How winning campaigns are working to overcome the sexism and racism that nonwhite candidates face.
5 Indigenous Women Asserting the Modern Matriarchy
They鈥檙e reclaiming the tradition of female leadership and turning the old, white, male-dominated perspective of history on its head.
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