Tag: Native Americans

The USDA has ended a program that dozens of tribal food banks say has helped them provide fresh, locally produced food that is important to their traditions and cultures.

Native communities are twice as likely to have medical debt in collections, agency finds.

Uncovering historical injustices—the ongoing struggle of the Sioux Nation against treaty violations.

The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which maintains Indigenous children under state care stay within their tribe rather than being placed outside their community.

Native study of the natural world is exceptionally deep and nuanced at understanding and protecting ecosystems.

Efforts to narrow the racial wealth divide must address the disparities that are at the heart of our nation's founding and still run through its veins in the 21st century.

Another way to describe this recent adoption of Native American identity is what I call “racial shifting.”

Thus do racists defend “manifest destiny,” the delusion that God endorsed genocide, the greatest single theft of land, freedom and property in history.

Congressmember Deb Haaland, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Interior Department, could become the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary if she is confirmed.

Indian Country finally has a seat at the table.