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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
‘Supercharged’ for Indian Country: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz wrap up big first week (August 12, 2024)
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate wrapped up a whirlwind week of rallies, making history with the first campaign event opened by a tribal leader.
Owasso, Oklahoma
‘Heartbroken’: Leader of Cherokee Nation mourns death of young student (February 20, 2024)
The leader of the Cherokee Nation is “heartbroken” over the passing of a 16-year-old who died within reservation boundaries in Oklahoma.
National Day of Mourning
The Conversation: Thanksgiving stories ignore history of colonization on Native lands (November 29, 2023)
Too often, K-12 social studies classes in the U.S. teach a mostly glossed-over story of U.S. settlement.
Amber Midthunder, Jhane Myers, Heather Rae and Crystal Echohawk
‘Not a tribal citizen’: Prominent Hollywood figure Heather Rae lacks connection to Cherokee Nation (March 27, 2023)
The Cherokee Nation is distancing itself from a prominent Hollywood filmmaker, confirming Heather Rae isn’t a tribal citizen and hasn’t benefited from production incentives on the reservation.
Yurok Tribe
Native America Calling: Tribal Leadership discuss citizenship and identity (November 2, 2022)
Citizenship is one of the keystones of sovereignty for every tribe.
Dakota Beavers
‘Who is your family?’: Big backers of breakout hit Prey falter on tribal affiliation inquiry (September 12, 2022)
A star of the hit film Prey wants to find out the “truth” about his supposed tribal ancestry. But Hollywood studios don’t share the same commitment.
Native America Calling NAC
Native America Calling: Rethinking blood quantum (July 26, 2022)
Advocates for eliminating blood quantum say it’s necessary to ensure future generations of thriving tribal culture.
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court confirms leak as ‘authentic’ amid uncertainty for Indian Country (May 3, 2022)
An unprecedented leak from the nation’s highest court is coming amid extreme uncertainty for tribes and their sovereign rights.
Gabe Galanda
Gabe Galanda: Addressing civil rights in Indian Country (March 7, 2022)
The dehumanization threatens tribal national existence; without the People, there are no nations.
Regan Loggans, also known as Regan de Loggans
Self-described ‘agitator’ changes tribal affiliation story after inquiries (February 25, 2022)
The leader of New York City’s most prominent and vocal Indigenous group is changing their story after being asked about their tribal affiliation claims.
Michelle Latimer
Celeste Pedri-Spade: Self-indigenization has become a real problem (January 27, 2022)
What we are facing has been, and continues to be, a settler colonial crisis, which under its current guise, seeks to replace us.
yangindigenousicontiktok
Cronkite News: Native community takes off on video sharing app (April 5, 2021)
Native people join TikTok for different reasons. But they stay for the community, for the culture and to fulfill their sacred duty.
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Gabe Galanda: The forgotten plight of the disenrolled in Indian Country (October 6, 2020)
Despite all of the rhetoric on Capitol Hill about enhancing tribal law and order, deterring violence against our women, and bringing our missing and murdered relatives home, nobody expresses concern about the dehumanization associated with disenrollment.
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