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Land acknowledgments state that activities are taking place on land previously owned by Indigenous peoples. They’re popular – but they may harm more than they heal, say three anthropologists.
The discovery of oil and gas made members of the Osage Nation among the richest people in the world. But it also made them targets for exploitation.
A defendant who is not a Native American claimed tribal police had no power over him, even on tribal land. The Supreme Court disagreed.
Indigenous people in the US have high rates of food insecurity and dietary-related health problems. Any attempts to address the problem must start with land justice, argues a scholar of Native health and food.
The census will likely count fewer Black Americans, Indigenous peoples, Asian Americans and Americans of Hispanic or Latino origin than there actually are.
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has a long history of struggle, protest and resistance to white supremacy and its social effects.
The long history of celebrating Christopher Columbus discovering America is being challenged by indigenous voices and perspectives.
American Indians and Alaska Natives are the most impoverished and marginalized group in the US. Tribes are working to protect their people from the coronavirus, but they have few resources to do so.
Native Americans who live in villages and on traditional lands have been undercounted by the U.S. Census for decades.
The “Haida manga” by Indigenous artist Yahgulanaas opens a graphic dialogue between the different cultures of the Pacific Northwest and East Asia.
A Supreme Court case deals with the narrow issue of tribal salmon fishing rights in the Northwest, but raises fundamental questions about justice for American Indians.
Compared to the average US citizen, American Indians and Alaskan Natives live shorter lives and are at greater risk for a number of health problems.
Comparisons often ignore the troubling history of how Jackson treated Native Americans. An expert on Native American history draws parallels to the new administration.
The protesters have scored a big victory in the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict, but it’s served only to illuminate the sharp divisions over energy policy in the US.
What sacred sites have been damaged by The North Dakota Access Pipeline? We can’t really know for certain – and our legal system is partly to blame.
Rachel Dolezal isn’t the only one who experiences a transition in racial categories, but what are the implications of inconsistent racial identifications on mental health?
What is the months-long North Dakota Access Pipeline protest really about? A Native American scholar connects the dots to environmental justice and the legacy of U.S. colonialism.
American textbooks confine the history of indigenous peoples to a distant past.
Should history textbooks be revised to include Native American voices?
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Scott L. Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor, Social Studies Education, Penn State
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Merced
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Professor of American Literature and Culture; Native American Studies, University of Denver
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Assistant Professor of Law & Co-Director, Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic, The University of Montana
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Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology , NYU Abu Dhabi, chercheuse associée LESC, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières
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Professor Pharmacy Practice & School of Public and Community Health Sciences, The University of Montana
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Anthropologue, Directrice de recherche au CNRS, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
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History PhD Student, Emory University
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Associate Professor in Modern US History, University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies, Arizona State University
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Professor of Rural Health; Director, Center for Indigenous Health Research, Oklahoma State University
