In contrast to earlier United States policies of open war, forcible removal, and relocation to address the “Indian Problem,” the Dawes Act of 1887 focused on assimilation and land severalty — making ...
Biologists with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that they found a single fall-run chinook on Wednesday ...
Like most, the myth of the Frontier is reductive; that is how myths must be if they are to be useful. We might all understand ...
It will give the Chumash people, once the largest cultural group in California, a say in the way the marine sanctuary is ...
American Muslims. While often perceived as newcomers to the American religious landscape, Muslims have been woven into the nation’s fabric since the era of slavery, when African Muslim slaves were ...
The aggregate data about Native identity is baffling. The real answers are found in conversations with individuals.
Most Americans are frustrated with politics and don't feel represented. Researchers say our political system is to blame.
"Femiphobia in conservative men has more of an impact on their social and political behavior than in liberal men" ...
Oklahoma tribal leaders on Wednesday talked about an important topic to Indian Country: self-determination. Former President Richard Nixon recommended self-determination, and in 1975, The Indian ...
In the rich tapestry of American labor history, the threads woven by Black women and Latinas have often been overlooked.
A century ago, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, key questions about Native sovereignty were left unresolved.
Among the relocated tribes were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole. The Choctaw relocation began in 1830; ...