Truth and Reckoning
Recognizing the generational harm caused by Native 鈥渂oarding schools鈥� is just the beginning. True healing must center the Indigenous ways of being that these genocidal institutions tried to extinguish.
Native Rights
Environmental Justice as Birthright
On Aug. 8, 2023, 13-year-old Kaliko was getting ready for her hula class at her mother鈥檚 house in West Maui. The power was out, and she heard there was a
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Political Violence Is Not Violence Against Politicians
Indigenous communities have long resisted the false narratives of imperialist nations and are experts at countering the political violence of white supremacy.
Access to Past Tribal Constitutions Can Help Tribes Shape Their Futures
A new database of tribal constitutions tells a more nuanced history of self-governance than the one explained in textbooks.
Opinion | water protector | MMIW | Missing Murdered Indigenous Women | assimilation | colonial trauma
Photo Essay: The Healing Power of Matriarchs
A photographer鈥檚 connections with eight Indigenous women have helped her come to terms with her own Native ancestry and colonial trauma.
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