If you are interested in racial and economic equity—in community development, rural development, food security, the environment, and a host of other issues—you should understand the basics of land justice.
In 1978, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act, which banned the previously common practice of public officials forcibly taking Native American children from their families and placing them in non-Native families and institutions. A new court ruling keeps these protections in place for the moment, but the law remains at risk.
North American natural history museums have often had fraught relationships with Native American peoples. But a pop-up museum led in part by Native activists emphasizes “the sociopolitical forces that shape nature” and partners with other museums and institutions to raise awareness of environmental issues.
By training public school teachers, the Museum of the American Indian seeks to change the narratives we tell ourselves about US and American Indian history, with the story of Thanksgiving a case in point.
Little attention is paid to the alarming number of Indigenous women and girls who disappear or are murdered each year. A new report released by the Urban Indian Health Institute aims to shed light on these cases.
In Washington, a state ballot initiative promises to address climate change by raising the price of carbon and dedicating some of the revenue raised to boost climate resiliency in Indian Country.
A Texas judge declared the Indian Child Welfare Act unconstitutional. What could that mean?
Once again, a portion of the Native American population will be denied a right of citizenship due to circumstances accumulated over years of suppression and oppression.
Museums in the United States have done an unusually thorough job of curating Native Americans out of this country’s history.
A growing number of US states and cities celebrate Indigenous People’s Day to honor the original inhabitants of our land. But the United States did not celebrate Columbus Day as a federal holiday until 1937. The story behind it is worth a look.
