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The Conversation: A surprising discovery at Stonehenge (August 15, 2024)

Where is the Altar Stone at Stonehenge from? How was it transported to southern England?

Wes Studi and Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr.

Wes Studi explores family history on ‘Finding Your Roots’ (January 16, 2024)

Award-winning Cherokee actor Wes Studi is making history as the first Native person to appear on the long-running PBS television series Finding Your Roots.

Canadian documentary focuses on ‘Icon’ who based career on Native identity (October 25, 2023)

A Canadian news documentary focuses on the Native identity claims of one of the most celebrated performers in entertainment history.

Sacheen Littlefeather / Marie Louise Cruz

Dina Gilio Whitaker: Sacheen Littlefeather was a Pretendian (October 28, 2022)

“Pretendianism” – the act of falsely claiming American Indian heritage – does real harm.

Indian law attorney Rob Rosette passes on (September 19, 2022)

Tribal leaders and friends are paying tributes to Rob Rosette, a noted Indian law practitioner.

‘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.

MSU News: Lecture focuses on ‘The Vanishing Indian’ (March 22, 2022)

Kim TallBear, a professor specializing in Indigenous rights and genomics, will deliver the 2022 Stegner Lecture at Montana State University.

Non-Indians assert ‘mestizo’ identity in bid for consultation policy (March 1, 2022)

A Democratic-led bill working its way through Congress would extend the federal policy of consultation to people who have recently been asserting an Indian identity.

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.

Cam Foreman: Human rights abuses continue in Indian Country (January 25, 2022)

We are at a crossroads in United States and Indigenous history.

Trial opens into long-unsolved case of Alaska Native woman (January 13, 2022)

A trial has opened into the long-unsolved case of Sophie Sergie, an Alaska Native woman who was killed at the age of 20 nearly three decades ago.

Fraudulent Native artist charged with violating Indian Arts and Crafts Act (November 24, 2021)

A Washington man who claims to be a Native artist has been charged with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act and for illegally possessing eagle feathers and other bird parts.

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