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Natives today much prefer to be referred to by their nations and tribes over 'Native American' or 'American Indian.'
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Blackhorse: Native American? American Indian? Nope. Refer to Us By Our Tribe, Nation

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
On the left, a lunatic waving a decapitated Indian; on the right, the reviled photo of Kathy Griffith holding a mock-up of Trump's head.
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Blackhorse: Kathy Griffin Trump Head? Be Disgusted by Decapitated Indians, Too

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Loreal Juana Barnell-Tsingine, 27, was shot five times after an altercation that began with a shoplifting call.
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Blackhorse: One Year Later, and Still No Justice for Loreal Tsingine

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
The City of Phoenix has unanimously decided to celebrate Native Americans and their history over Christopher Columbus on the second Monday in October.
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Take That, Columbus: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Unanimously Passes in Phoenix

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Approximately 20 O’odham runners from the Gila River Indian Community and others from the the Ahwatukee Community -- were told that their sacred prayer items would not be allowed into an Arizona ADOT community meeting.
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Blackhorse: Sacred Prayer Items Banned From Public Meeting

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
It will take a lot more than a single, skewed poll about the Washington NFL team's racist name to shut us up, Diné activist Amanda Blackhorse says.
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Blackhorse: A Single Poll Will Not Shut Us Up

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Members of the Flagstaff High School's Lady Eagles basketball team were told to remove their traditional tsiiyéé? in order to continue playing.
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Blackhorse: Diné Tsiiyéé? [Hair Bun] Is Power

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Rebecca Taylor recently released a pre-spring 'Navajo' collection, but almost immediately removed the word from product descriptions.
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Blackhorse: Yet Another Designer Releases 'Navajo' Collection

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
A protester holds a sign in opposition to the moniker of the Washington football team. A school just outside of Washington, D.C., has banned its students from wearing Washington NFL team gear, saying it's "insulting and offensive."
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Blackhorse: A Year Later, Less Hate Mail – Still I Fight

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
The Loop 202 expansion – a 22-mile, 8-lane highway, which will run west from Chandler, Arizona, threatens the Moahdak Do’ag sacred site.
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Blackhorse: Highway Expansion Threatens Moahdak Do’ag, a Sacred Place of Healing in Arizona

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
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Blackhorse: Border Town Violence, Injustice, And the Opposition

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
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Blackhorse: Mascots Are Also Meant to Be Ridiculed

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 12, 2018
Activist Amanda Blackhorse, Diné, said Native Americans, not Washington team owner Dan Snyder, have the momentum.
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Blackhorse: The Washington Football Team Is About to Exhaust Itself

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
From left: Dyani White Hawk, Frank Waln, and Willow Abrahamson are three of five Native Americans (or American Indians) who discuss what they prefer to be called.
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Blackhorse: 'Native American' or 'American Indian'? 5 More Native Voices Respond

By Amanda BlackhorseNov 20, 2019
From left, Bobby Wilson, Radmilla Cody, and Kyle Blackhorse
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Blackhorse: Do You Prefer ‘Native American’ or ‘American Indian’? 6 Prominent Voices Respond

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Left, the Cleveland Indians mascot "Chief Wahoo." Right: Little Black Sambo.
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Blackhorse: 100 Years of Chief Wahoo and the 'Grinning Face of Racism'

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Sarah Sunshine Manning leads a presentation in February in Sisseton, South Dakota of the many forms of dehumanizing mascots in sports and media.
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Blackhorse: This Is What Dehumanization Looks Like

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Washington football team owner Dan Snyder, left, and Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly sit in a suite during a game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in October 2014.
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Blackhorse: My Face-to-Face With Dan Snyder's Chum, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
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Blackhorse: Fracking and a Diné Revolution on the Verge

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Hundreds protest the name of the Washington football team outside FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland December 28, 2014.
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Blackhorse: We Will Overcome; the Fight Against Indian Mascots Continues in 2015

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Faux headdresses and the Indian caricature-perpetuating tomahawk chop is common at Cleveland Indians and Florida State Seminole games.
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Blackhorse: Fake Chiefs, Headdresses and the Tomahawk Chop Must Go

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018
Amanda Blackhorse has received stacks of hate mail since she became a prominent figure in the change the name campaign.
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Blackhorse: The Hate Mail I Receive is Hostile, Aggressive, Racist and Sexist

By Amanda BlackhorseSep 13, 2018