Native Americans who live in villages and on traditional lands have been undercounted by the U.S. Census for decades.
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Banking deserts make it harder for children and young adults to become financially literate, which leads to worse credit and a lifetime of disadvantage.
Historically, indigenous people celebrated a girl's transition to womanhood with a year-long ritual. Many such ritual practices were made 'illegal' by the US and Canadian governments.
Puerto Rico was once home to about 110,000 Taínos, an indigenous people decimated by the Spanish conquest. Their ancient homeland was located in the area hit hard by recent earthquakes.
Evidence shows Native Americans in New England lived lightly on the land for thousands of years. It wasn't until Europeans arrived that the landscape experienced major human impacts.
If upheld, a federal court ruling would solidify birthright citizenship as the law of the land, and overturn more than a century of federal refusal to grant American Samoans citizenship status.
School officials can do a better job engaging families of color. Here are five ways for them to start.
Marginalized groups said that they had experienced discrimination at the workplace, at the doctor and with the police.
Instead of suppressing wildfire, the Karuk Tribe in the Pacific Northwest is using it as an integral part of its climate change management plan. Federal, state and local agencies are taking note.
The official celebration of Native Americans represents the fruits of a decades-long effort.
The upcoming Supreme Court session will address notable cases about the rights of different groups. The cases go to the heart of how U.S. laws protect both individual and group rights.
In just five Florida Panhandle counties, sea level rise could swamp more than 500 archaeological sites that tell the story of when and how Native Americans lived along the Gulf Coast.
The Hollywood actor's controversial role in a perfume ad has drawn criticism for 'cultural appropriation'. But it's not as simple as that.
Woody Guthrie’s anthem has become a rallying cry for immigrants. But did he really have a 'blind spot' for Native Americans, as some have claimed?
President Trump hinted that he would defy a Supreme Court ruling recently, though he later yielded to its authority. Andrew Jackson – Trump's hero – likewise challenged the rule of law in the 1830s.
This overdue honour is a welcome sign of the growing power of Native Americans.
An anthropologist who's researched the dispossession of Native Americans and their enduring connections to ancestral places sees the value in asking 'whose land are you on?'
Patriotism means pride in country, but what are we proud of? A former national park ranger suggests that visiting historic sites can remind Americans of the heritage, good and bad, that they share.
By appealing to the hearts and minds of their white neighbors, Native Americans are carving out common ground. Together, these different groups are building unity through diversity.
'The Life of Washington' was painted in the 1930s by an artist who sought to upend a rosy narrative of US history. Now some are saying its images 'traumatize' viewers – and ought to be taken down.
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, The University of Montana
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Lecturer on Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Assistant Professor, History, Coventry University
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Professor of Quaternary Science, Royal Holloway
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Timnick Chair in the Humanities / Associate Professor of Philosophy and Community Sustainability, Michigan State University
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Professor of American Literature and Culture; Native American Studies, University of Denver
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Lecturer, Post-1945 US History and Transatlantic Relations, University of Stirling
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Professor of the Practice, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Florida State University
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Professor of Indigenous History, University of Hull
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Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Ph.D. Student in History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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PhD Candidate, Religion Department, Syracuse University
