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Elizabeth Cook-Lynn: A theory about masks, beards and men (May 12, 2021)

My friend was telling me the other day that there is a theory about why, if and when men grow beards.

NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (May 10, 2021)

NAFOA advocates for the needs of Indian Country. Want to join our mission?

Doug George-Kanentiio: Our people continue to be killed by police (April 28, 2021)

Killing another human is what police officers can do with an almost complete immunity from prosecution.

NAJA: The mainstream media’s lack of accountability for racism (April 26, 2021)

With a lack of accountability or ethics around multiple racist and insensitive comments from CNN staff, the Native American Journalists Association urges its members to avoid working with the network to avoid harassment and racism.

Tim Giago: The silence of America’s genocidal past (April 26, 2021)

Despite all efforts to erase Natives from the face of this continent, we are still here.

Fawn Sharp: The caveman mentality of people like Rick Santorum (April 26, 2021)

Rick Santorum is an unhinged and embarrassing racist who disgraces CNN and any other media company that provides him a platform.

Native Sun News Today Editorial: Words have consequences in America (April 13, 2021)

Anyone holding a position of power must pay close attention to the words that come out of their mouths.

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs sets business meeting and hearing (March 24, 2021)

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is meeting to advance more bills and to hear about water needs in Native communities.

Native America Calling: “You’re cancelled!” Cancel culture in Native America (March 23, 2021)

Individuals, institutions, public monuments and works of art and literature are all facing new accountability over current or past actions and statements that don’t align with modern sensitivities.

Native America Calling: Momentum for Choctaw Freedmen? (March 17, 2021)

The Choctaw Nation is now facing a fight pitting sovereignty against formal recognition for Choctaw Freedmen.

Underscore.news: Choctaw Nation resists treaty promise to Freedmen (March 9, 2021)

The leader of one of the largest tribes in the U.S. is fighting a behind-the-scenes battle with Congress that pits racial justice against tribal sovereignty.

Tim Giago: Racist law harms survivors of Indian boarding schools (March 8, 2021)

I am a survivor of the Holy Rosary Indian Mission Boarding School. I do not want to be honored.

Chuck Hoskin: The Cherokee Nation must honor its word (February 24, 2021)

Breaking the Treaty of 1866 could be our undoing.

‘I’m not afraid’: Indicted former Mashpee leader seeks dismissal of charges (February 9, 2021)

The former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is speaking out about his criminal corruption case as he seeks to dismiss all of the charges against him.

Pine Ridge Reservation signs defaced with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti (February 3, 2021)

The leader of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is condemning racially charged vandalism of two welcome signs on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Trump supporter ordered to appear at court hearing for role in U.S. Capitol violence (February 1, 2021)

A Donald Trump supporter charged in connection with the violence at the U.S. Capitol has hindered his case by refusing a COVID-19 test and avoiding his court-appointed, taxpayer-funded attorney.

Native America Calling: Oak Flat at a crossroads (January 21, 2021)

Just days before the end of the Trump Administration, the U.S. Forest Service took action that paves the way for a massive copper mine on sacred Apache land in Arizona.

Day 1 of the Joe Biden administration: Actions affecting Indian Country (January 20, 2021)

From re-examining the boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument to helping tribal nations restore their homelands, the Joe Biden administration will hit the ground running.

Native America Calling: New administration, new agenda (January 20, 2021)

Native America Calling will talk with policy experts about what they hope is in store for the next four years under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Federal prosecutors label Cowboys for Trump figure ‘racist’ for attacks on Native and Black people (January 19, 2021)

A Republican county official who participated in the violence on the U.S. Capitol is being labeled a “racist” by federal prosecutors for his attacks on Native and Black people.

Tim Giago: Will Republicans pay the price for January 6? (January 19, 2021)

Native people can only scratch their heads and wonder how, even in these final days of disgrace, so many South Dakotans and Republicans can still stand by a horrible little man.

Native America Calling: Democracy in crisis: a history lesson (January 19, 2021)

In the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, can Indigenous values provide any guidance now on where to go from here?

United South and Eastern Tribes: Continuing our march towards justice and equality (January 18, 2021)

In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Native America Calling: Black and Indigenous solidarity (January 18, 2021)

Indigenous and Black people share experiences of oppression in this country and both groups still grapple with systemic racism.

Cronkite News: Hate crimes on the rise as Trump era comes to an end (January 12, 2021)

Hate crimes in Arizona bounced back in 2019 after a sharp drop the year before, and advocates say they fear the numbers are only going to continue to rise when the tumult of 2020 is reported.

Terry Rambler: An attack on the Native vote in the nation’s capital (January 12, 2021)

The insurrection of January 6 shows us that we have a great amount of work to do to address racism, to address inequality, and to address the abuse of power.

Tim Giago: Confronting racism against Native people in the media (December 28, 2020)

We have two kinds of racial discrimination in South Dakota: Subtle and Not-So-Subtle.

Tim Giago: Will America ever own up to its sins at Wounded Knee? (December 21, 2020)

America has not apologized for the Wounded Knee Massacre and the Medal of Honor winners are still looked upon as heroes by the United States.

Cronkite News: Native vote turned out for Democrat Joe Biden (December 10, 2020)

Enthusiasm across Arizona was higher this election than in the 2016 presidential contest, and final results show the contrast was even more stark in Indian Country.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Confronting racism and homelessness among our people (December 7, 2020)

Lakota people are falling through the cracks due to lack of understanding on all sides.

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn: Removing the menace known as Trumpism (November 23, 2020)

How much longer must we put up with this ridiculous and corrupt man who has in his presidency made fools of the entire Senate, corrupted federal law scholars and committed several federal offenses?

Tony Perry: Racism against Native people is alive and well around the world (November 19, 2020)

A prominent rugby club is perpetuating a long, dark history of racism against Native Americans.

Tim Giago: What went wrong with America? (November 18, 2020)

The election is over. Joe Biden is now the President-elect of the United States.

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn: Ancestors have given us the courage to remember (November 16, 2020)

The history of the Northern Plains Indians has always been subsumed by isolationism, rejection and outright racism.

Leader of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe indicted on federal charges (November 13, 2020)

Just days after renewing criticism of Donald Trump, Chairman Cedric Cromwell of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe was indicted on federal bribery and extortion charges.

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn: Been there, done that! American Indians know the truth (November 11, 2020)

Donald Trump is a dangerous man and history has it made it possible for American Indians to view the prospect of his continued autocratic and corrupt rule a clear signal that changes are overdue.