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Native Americans in the United States

A close up of a jingle dress
Culture
How a Native American coming-of-age ritual is making a comeback
A group of protesters stand in a line holding signs protesting family separation and incarceration of migrants
Protest
Oklahoma’s Fort Sill has a history of jailing minority groups. Migrant children could be next.
A young woman wearing a purple headdress marches in a rally with Standing Rock Sioux Nation
Justice
Backlash over North Dakota voter ID law could rally Native Americans
Native Americans march during an anti-Keystone XL protest in Washington on April 26, 2014.
Environment
Native American tribes unite to fight the Keystone pipeline and government ‘disrespect’
Tonto National Forest
Environment
Hidden Christmas gifts from Congress to big corporations are an annual ritual
Black Pete at a Dutch Christmas celebration
Global Scan
Protesters attack a Dutch Santa Claus tradition as blatantly racist
People take part in the 69th Annual Columbus Day Parade in New York in 2013.
Justice
More and more cities are saying goodbye, Columbus
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Culture
How one photographer captures changing immigrant families
Environment
DNA study finds first Americans arrived in waves
Health & Medicine
New report finds huge barriers for Native Americans needing emergency contraception
Environment
Archaeologist argues first Americans were from Europe 22,000 years ago
Lifestyle & Belief
Catholic Church prepares to canonize first Native American saint despite mixed reactions
Global Politics
How Borders Affect Native American Women’s Rights
Native American Women Lack Access to “Plan B” Contraception
Kateri Tekakwitha To Become First Native American Saint
Obama Set To Meet Native American Tribal Leaders
Remembering a Native American Activist
The Fight to Be Called Cherokee
Arts, Culture & Media
Your Take: Defining ‘My America’ on Independence Day
Letters
When Native Cultures and Environmental Movements Clash
Native American Perspectives
Native American Ecological Wisdom: Part One of Two
Native American Activist Conference
Living Native
Zuni Eagles
Environmental Health Note/ Poisoned Artifacts
Preserving Language
Preserving Languages
Native Struggles
The Walk
Conflict & Justice
The state of the Indian union
Conflict & Justice
Forty years after the occupation of Alcatraz
Global Politics
Obama meets With Native Americans
Conflict & Justice
World’s native peoples take on climate change