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Cherokee filmmaker says she's surrounded by stories.

History through story: Cherokee storyteller seeks to preserve historical memory with filming project

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Under Donald Trump, more broken promises to Indian Country

Ahead of tonight’s final presidential debate, it’s more critical than ever that we remember the Trump administration’s many broken promises to Indian Country

Jamescita Peshlakai

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the clear choice for Indian Country

Native communities are looking for leaders who will recommit to honoring our trust responsibilities to tribes

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Sports teams were silent on Indigenous People’s Day

They could have changed their names instead

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Declaring support and visibility for Native students in higher education

Native students face the highest rates of inequity in higher education because of systemic and structural barriers

Amanda R. Tachine

AbbyPerry

Why are there no Indigenous presidential candidates in Bolivia?

Fifteen years after initiating state-led “decolonization in Bolivia, the struggle for Indigenous self-determination has been subordinated to the interests of political parties. Indigenous organizations are now attempting to achieve direct representation

Devin Beaulieu

Nevada land proposal includes tribal voices

Proposal includes a historic $20 million payment from the U.S. Navy in response to the contamination on over 6,000 acres of reservation lands

Amber Torres

CarPac

An open letter to Deb Haaland: Jewish Voice for Peace demonizes Indigenous people

Is one of the first Native American congresswomen in history supporting an organization that denies Jewish Indigeneity to Israel asks Samara Brill Alpern

Samara Brill Alpern

Avengeroftruth

The white supremacy of Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren has exhibited a wide-ranging pattern of dishonesty and contempt for Indigenous communities that disqualifies her candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination

Twila Barnes