indigenous peoples
Pipeline Legal Battles Could Be Wearing Down the Fossil Fuel Industry
“There is real investor fatigue.”
By Mackenzie Long
Native Tribes’ Rights to Permanent Homelands Are At Risk
If the Trump administration can terminate one Tribe, they can terminate them all.
By Ruth Hopkins
The Evolving Use of War Paint in Native Communities
It’s now often seen at protests against climate change and the murder of Indigenous women.
By Ruth Hopkins
Native Communities Like Mine Are Particularly at Risk During This Pandemic
We risk losing our elders, our languages, and our culture.
By Victor Anthony Lopez-Carmen
Colleges Are Under Pressure to Return Native American Remains
“People are asking for repatriation as a way of caring for other people.”
By Sarah Kopp
5 Native Women Leaders Who Made History
These women defied the patriarchy and Western gender roles.
By Ruth Hopkins
Indigenous Pipeline Protests Are a Model of Resistance
“Men in suits and their money don’t intimidate us. We are still here.”
By Ruth Hopkins
These Cherokee Citizens Want Elizabeth Warren to Be an Example
“It's about her dedicating the time and the space to clarifying the confusion that she has caused."
By Lucy Diavolo
The Last Teens on an Island That Climate Change Is Washing Away
Juliette Brunet is watching her home disappear.
By Anne McClintock
This Tool Is Helping Teach Students Non-White American History
“With AR, you can shift narratives in a much quicker way.”
By Eric Ginsburg
Indigenous Peoples Are Under Attack in Bolivia
“The situation is dangerous.”
By Victor Anthony Lopez-Carmen
Mass Shootings Are Connected to America’s Legacy of Anti-Indigenous Violence
“The history of America is one of brutal mass slaughter.”
By Ruth Hopkins
How the 1969 Alcatraz Occupation Still Informs Native Resistance
“We are living [a] prayer that was made by the occupiers 50 years ago.”
By Ray Levy Uyeda
The Right Way to Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
Avoid these offensive stereotypes and be an ally to Native nations this November.
By Ruth Hopkins
The Red Deal: An Indigenous Answer to the Green New Deal
“We must reclaim our collective power.”
By Ray Levy Uyeda
The Cherokee Nation Nominated a Delegate to Congress
The tribe’s chief says it’s guaranteed in treaties with the U.S. government.
By Lucy Diavolo
These Native Activists Reclaimed Alcatraz From the Government for Nearly 2 Years
An organizer behind the Alcatraz Occupation explains this important action often left out of history books.
By Ruth Hopkins
Yes, the MAGA Hat-Wearing Students Are Teenagers. That Doesn’t Exempt Them From Responsibility
Youthful transgression or the smug confidence of privilege?
By De Elizabeth
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21 Powerful Moments at the Indigenous Peoples March on Washington
"We are still here...we are unafraid."
By Hanna Wallis