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Freeman, host of a six-part documentary series airing on the National Geographic Channel, visited the Navajo Nation to ask poignant questions about God.

ROSEBUD,SD — Long before they became a horse-and-buffalo society centuries ago, the Lakota and Dakota people used to rely heavily on another animal for their daily existence.

Sunka (SHOON-kuh), they called them — Lakota for "dog."

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All is not forgotten When someone is forgiven Words I say to soften up The hardness that I'm livin'

I hate to say indifference Is becoming my religion But I haven't learned to pray In ways to satisfy tradition

When I think about identity

I think a

by Anna Klassen

On the Native American reservation of Wind River, life expectancy is 49-years-old, and unemployment rates are higher than 80 percent, according to The New York Times. But there's something more startling than these grim figures — the

Gen. Leonard Colby and Lost Bird Written by Mindie Burgoyne

Zintkala Nuni – or “Lost Bird” was one of the casualties of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890, but not because she died in the fields with others from her tribe who were mowed down by g

The United States is a settler colony with few connections to the land both historically and culturally. President Donald Trump is a Frankenstein creation of a settler colonial society. His adm

For Native American girls, the discussion on sexual assault is no longer what to do if it happens, but when it happens. According to the [Department of Justice] https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/aic.pdf

Native Americans are 2.5 times more likely

The history of people indigenous to the North American continent is often glossed over in education. We are badgered with the legend of Native benevolence to the pilgrims who landed on the east coast on Thanksgiving. If Indigenous history is covered

Kansas City's NFL franchise should change its name. It should do it now, before the Washington Redskins are forced to change.

The team should change names because it will make the ownership and city look progressive. The franchise should do it becaus

The burial was conducted by a civilian group paid $2 for each body. They began their work on January 3, 1891 and completed it the following day with the Lakotah being buried in a mass grave

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In 1889, the pronouncements of Paiute mystic Wovoka sparked hope of the dawning of a new age among Western tribes; an age that promised an end to Euro-American oppression and a return to tribal autonomy, abundance and spiritual renewal. According to

Today we honor the recipients of the Medal of Honor, a military honor often mistakenly called the Congressional Medal of Honor. With the award, the nation celebrates our true military heroes. But the odd circumstances of the history of the Medal of H

The Emancipation Proclamation was in many ways a tremendous step forward for human rights, but it didn’t bring any new rights to Native Americans.

In fact, Abraham Lincoln is not seen as much of a hero at all among many American Indian tribes and Nat

For generations now, Indian Country has been conditioned to believe and act upon the false view that the United States Congress has plenary power over all Indian affairs, and, by implication, over Indian Nations. This has resulted in our Indian Nati

Never seen such a long list of women's names at once. Can you imagine how terrible those women had to have felt to be the heads of their families after their men were taken from them in one way or another. Women in those days and especially in the

"On November 7, 1862, a group of about 1,700 Dakota, primarily women, children and elderly, were force-marched in a four-mile long procession from the Lower Sioux Agency to a concentration camp at Fort Snelling. Two days later, after being tried and