Mexican novelist Álvaro Enrigue re-imagines the story of the American West — and the Apache fight for survival — in an epic that’s both defiantly challenging and, at times, magical.
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‘We survived, we are resilient’: Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools
Tuesday is Orange Shirt Day, when communities honor the survivors of U.S. Indian boarding schools and their descendants.
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Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities
Riverbank stabilization, lead and asbestos contamination are just some of the projects tribes planned to address before the Trump administration froze funds.
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Leonard Peltier to be released from prison following commutation in FBI killings
Peltier’s imprisonment has symbolized systemic injustice for Native Americans across the country who believe in his innocence.
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Outgoing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hands off closer ties with Indian Country
Deb Haaland, the country’s first indigenous cabinet secretary, used her term at the Interior Department to make what activists say is irreversible impact in recognizing the painful history of the government’s treatment Native Americans
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In this school’s election, it’s pizza vs. chicken nuggets, with democracy as the winner
At an Arizona tribal school, it’s a fierce campaign to pick the top school lunch, as students learn about making their voice count
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Biden promised to visit a Native American tribe. He’s finally going, in a swing state
Biden visits Arizona on Friday to apologize for the horrors of the federal Indian boarding schools that ran for over 150 years, and also trumpet the administration’s policies to help Native American communities.
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Democrats court Native American voters at their convention in Chicago
Activists noted that Native American voter turnout in swing states is what helped President Biden win during the last cycle.
