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3 Historical Native American Women You Might Not Know, But Should

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Aboard the Hokulea with Kumeyaay and Cahuilla Royalty. Left to right: Charlene Worrell, Sycuan Kumeyaay Nation; Trinity Galindo, Agua Caliente Cahuilla Nation, InterTribal Youth Ambassador; Justice Galindo, Agua Caliente Cahuilla Nation, InterTribal Youth Ambassador; Tristen Pena, (15) Santa Ysabel Ipai Kumeyaay Nation, Miss Kumeyaay 2017, InterTribal Youth Ambassador
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Native American Youth Greet the Hokule’a

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
The Payne Family Native American Center was inspired by Plains culture and was designed with sustainability in mind. It is a welcoming place for Native students that also houses the American Indian Student Services office.
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University of Montana: A Native-Friendly Higher Learning Institution

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
San Onofre nuclear plant is adjacent to one of the most visited beaches in Southern California. Plans are afoot to store nuclear waste at this facility.
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Beachfront Nuclear Wasteland in Southern California?

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Ryan Sundberg, Yurok, is the first-ever Native American appointed to the California Coastal Commission.
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California Coastal Commission Appoints First Native American

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
March for Science logo
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Indigenous Scholars Endorse D.C. March for Science

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Left to right - Jennifer Bobiwash as Carol, Chris Jorie as Professor Houck, Jason Grasl as Randy - Courtesy 2017 Craig Schwartz Photography
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Native Voices Theater Company in Gripping Play: ‘Fairly Traceable’

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Cannabis Cup – Las Vegas poster; Marijuana Festival
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Cannabis Cup on Moapa Paiute Land Is a Go

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Cannabis Cup – Las Vegas poster; Marijuana Festival
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Feds Threaten to Shut Down Marijuana Festival on Tribal Land

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Tribal Attorneys California v. Cabazon Supreme Court Ruling 30th Anniversary
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California v. Cabazon, 30 Years Later: Tribes Celebrate Historic Ruling for Indian Gaming

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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An Open Letter to Senator John Hoeven, the New Fossil Fuel Gatekeeper

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
Artist Rick Bartow's Autumnal Metaphor 4 at the Autry Museum, Los Angeles
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Environmental Justice and Indigenous Knowledge Take Center Stage in California Exhibit

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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Why This Election Was Dangerous for Indians (And Everyone)

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
A life-size model of Moana and the demi-god Maui, characters in the movie display inside the Disney's animation studio where Moana was made.
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Disney Refines Its Cultural Competence in Moana, But Bigger Questions Remain

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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In Case You Thought Racism Was Dead

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
SACNAS President Antonia Franco with Jose Cabrera, Advisor for the SJCC SACNAS Chapter, with the chapter members after the lunch plenary STEM and media panel at the recent SACNAS conference in California.
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After 44 Years, SACNAS Vital as Ever, Native Scientists Still Needed

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
This tract of land known as the Banning Ranch in Southern California has been spared from a 400-acre residential development project, partly because of indigenous concerns.
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Landslide Vote Quashes 400-Acre Development Project in Southern CA, Saves Sacred Sites

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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What Will ‘Consultation’ Mean for Standing Rock?

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
Carol and Kelly Walker at hooding ceremony, where they received a standing ovation after the announcement that mother and daughter were graduating together.
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Education Is a Family Affair: Mother and Daughter Graduate Together

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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Is Forgiveness the Only Option to Heal From Historical Trauma?

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
Attendees of the Second Annual Conference of the Society of American Indians at Ohio State University (OSU), October 5, 1912.
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3 Native Women Who Influenced Indian Politics and Federal Policy

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
U.S. pays restitution; apologizes to Unangan (Aleut) for WWII. Pictured are Interment Aleut (Unangan) children at a relocation camp in southeast Alaska, 1942.
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Born Before 1970? 9 More Native Civil Rights You’re Older Than

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
In this March 23, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Health insurers flirted with Democrats, supported them with money and got what they wanted: a federal mandate that most Americans carry health care coverage. Now they're backing Republicans, hoping a GOP Congress will mean friendlier regulations.
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Born Before 1970? You’re Older Than 9 Native Civil Rights

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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Healing Unresolved Grief in Indigenous & Settler Societies

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
Dalton Broncho walks with fellow graduates at Yerington High School.
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Two Paiute Students Succeed Against the Odds at Walker River Reservation

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
After the canoes converge at Mission Point they head together toward the west shore of the river.
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‘There are No Words’: Reviving Canoe Culture on the Upper Columbia River

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
He made us feel our Indian pride, especially for us as Colvilles.
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Jim Boyd’s Passing the Second of Two Devastating Losses for Colvilles

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
San Diego State University’s Aztec mascot Monty Montezuma is still around, and these Facebook images from a “Cowboys and Navahoes” party show how a mascot can affect the student population.
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Ban Monty Montezuma, The Racist Mascot That Won’t Die

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
In 'The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America,' historian Andrés Reséndez brings to light the hidden history of Turtle Island's original slaves.
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‘The Other Slavery’: New Book Delves Into History of Native Enslavement

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Last June, Mauna Kea protectors managed to stop the Department of Land and Natural Resources from beginning construction on sacred Mauna Kea “until further notice.”
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At Rest for the Moment: Update on Mauna Kea Anti-TMT Movement

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
This bizarre, racist 10-question "L.A. Math Proficiency Test" is something of an urban legend, but has a history of getting real people into real trouble.
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Bizarre, Racist Math Test Resurfaces in Alabama

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Noelani Goodyear-Kaopua posted this image to the NAISA Facebook page, saying: “Kanehunamoku crew-for-a-day! Good fun on our NAISA huaka?i, day of learning out on the land and sea. These were the lucky fourteen who got to sail on Kanehunamoku and swim with turtles at Ahu-o-Laka, in the malu of Kanehoalani. Many thanks!”
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Native Studies Association More Global Than Ever

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
An aerial view of the 400-acre parcel known as Banning Ranch, which contains many Native ancestral and cultural remains as well as being the last open space remaining in Orange County, California.
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Sacred Site Endangered by Development in Southern California to Be Considered at Public Hearing

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Suggestion: That indigenous nation delegations may speak or intervene at any level concerning any topic deemed relevant to the interests or rights of each nation consistent with the right of free, prior and informed consent.
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Will It Be Enough? UN Proposed Changes Could Give Indigenous Peoples a Voice

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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Liberals or Conservatives: It’s Still All Colonialism to Me

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
The Sonoma coast, which the Kashia Pomo Band of Indians and other tribes access for ceremonial purposes, is difficult to reach without a place to park one's car. Parking may soon carry a fee.
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‘Paying to Pray’ in Northern California: Potential Beach Access Fees Threaten Tribal Practices

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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Decolonizing the Black Bear Ranch Hippie Commune

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
Learning to surf in the Kumeyaay territory of San Diego
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Awesome Cultural Exchange Program Adventures For Native Youth – Sign Up Now!

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, winner of the 2015 American Book Award and the 2015 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature for 'An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States.'
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Indigenous Peoples’ History: A Chat With Author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
Laurie Arnold's book tells the complex tale of Colville termination.
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Native History: the Epic Termination Battle on the Colville Indian Reservation

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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‘Real’ Indians, the Vanishing Native Myth, and the Blood Quantum Question

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
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Rep. Ron Bishop and The Real 'Bull Crap'

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
In this Sunday, January 31, 2010 file photo, mine workers stand near the entrance to Rio Tinto Borax mine in Boron, Calif. waiting for news of the lockout. Rio Tinto has been accused of labor and indigenous-rights violations worldwide.
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Resolution Copper: 6 Egregious Examples of Parent Rio Tinto's Rights Violations Worldwide

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
An 11-member delegation that included Buffalo Tiger, Mad Bear Anderson, Miccosukee attorney Morton Silver, and other Miccosukee leaders arrived in Cuba to the pomp and circumstance of marching bands, police escorts, and machete-wielding farmers.
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When Mad Bear Met Fidel: How Castro’s Cuba Advanced Native Sovereignty

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
The ancient Chumash were among many Indigenous Peoples with intimate knowledge of the cosmos, and these cave paintings are literal illustrations of their astronomical expertise.
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5 Things You Didn’t Think of as Native Technology

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 13, 2018
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Ethnic Fraud and the Quest for Authenticity

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
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Hate Lives: Exploding the Myth of the Post-Racial Society

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
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Genocide and Slavery: The Evil Twins of Colonialism

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
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No Wipe-out! Native Surfing Legend Johnny Rice Rides Life’s Biggest Wave

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018
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Obama Draws Natives Into Immigration Reform Battle

By Dina Gilio-WhitakerSep 12, 2018