Health & Wellness

Native Americans Boxed Out of Nation’s Liver Transplant System

Annie Gilbertson, Ben Tanen / The Markup Feb 15, 2024 Despite being more likely to die of liver disease, Native Americans are far less likely to make the transplant list than white people. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Activism

Unthanksgiving Day: A Celebration of Indigenous Resistance

Shannon Toll / The Conversation Nov 22, 2023 An annual celebration is held on Alcatraz Island to commemorate the 19-month-long Native occupation that began there in 1969. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Native Mental Health Providers Seek to Heal Boarding School Scars

Alastair Lee Bitsóí / High Country News Aug 16, 2023 For Indigenous communities, much of this past trauma is tied at some level to the forces of colonization and the attempted genocide by the United States and European governments. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Author Interview

The Persistence of Marcus Whitman’s Myth in the West

Robin Lindley / History News Network Jul 3, 2023 In "Murder at the Mission," Blaine Harden examines a great American lie bolstered by the collective imagination of a populace raised on Manifest Destiny. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

Activism

Wounded Knee, Fifty Years On

Makenzie Huber / Minnesota Reformer Mar 6, 2023 Mission of Wounded Knee activists continues 50 years later with children, grandchildren Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Author Interview

Jim Thorpe’s Path Lit by Lightning

Robin Lindley / History News Network Jan 31, 2023 Biographer David Maraniss Follows Jim Thorpe's 'Path Lit By Lightning" Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Politics

Why Doesn’t the Cherokee Nation Have a Delegate to Congress?

Julie Reed / High Country News Dec 15, 2022 In 2022, the Cherokee Nation is asking for Congress to seat its delegate, as the Treaty of 1835 requires. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

A Tale of Toxic Fish

Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Maya Miller / ProPublica Nov 23, 2022 In a region contaminated by more than a century of industrial and agricultural pollution, the Yakama people have to weigh unknown health risks against sacred practices. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Politics

The Compassion of Wilma Mankiller

Julie Reed / The Conversation Nov 23, 2022 Wilma Mankiller gained support by exemplifying gadugi—a Cherokee word that means working together collectively for the benefit of the whole community. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

When the Voiceless Speak

Alexis Camins / Truthdig Dec 8, 2019 Filipino American author Alex Tizon spent his life raising up the lives of those rendered invisible by society. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Americans Can’t Decolonize Their Holidays Soon Enough

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Oct 10, 2019 Columbus Day is increasingly being replaced by a celebration of indigenous peoples and their central role in our history and in our future. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Warren Apologizes to Native Americans for Heritage Claim

ELANA SCHOR and JOSH FUNK / The Associated Press Aug 19, 2019 'I know I have made mistakes," the 2020 Democratic candidate says at forum addressing tribal issues, directly tackling controversial issue. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )