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America’s First Addiction Epidemic
The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, astonishingly high mortality rates, the desperate exodus of entire nations - and a successful sobriety movement
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How the Battle of Little Bighorn Was Won
Accounts of the 1876 battle have focused on Custer's ill-fated cavalry. But a new book offers a take from the Indian's point of view
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Reviving a Lost Language of Canada Through Film
Speaking Haida for the first time in more than 60 years looked painful. Sphenia Jones’s cheeks glistened with sweat, and her eyes clenched shut.
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The Ethical Battle Over Ancient DNA
Ancient DNA researchers have learned to collaborate with American Indian tribes in relevant cases. But still more sensitivity is needed.
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The first people who populated the Americas
We are getting closer to understanding who the first Americans really were
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Trump Advisors Aim to Privatize Oil-Rich Indian Reservations
Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along with vast coal reserves.
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Army will Deny Easement, Halting Work on Dakota Access Pipeline
The Army on Sunday announced it will effectively halt work on the controversial pipeline.
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A 600-mile walk to a singing river
Tom Hendrix doesn't advertise his wall, but its fame has spread by word of mouth to become something of a pilgrimage site.
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Ice Age Hunting Camp, Replete With Bird Bones and Tobacco, Found in Utah Desert
In the dead-flat desert of northwestern Utah, archaeologists have uncovered a scene from a distant, and more verdant, time.
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New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name
Nine in 10 Native Americans say they are not offended by the Washington Redskins name, according to a new Washington Post poll that shows how few ordinary Indians have been persuaded by a national movement to change the football team’s moniker. The survey of 504 people across every state and the District reveals that the minds of Native Americans have remained unchanged since a 2004 poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found the same result.
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Graves of the Dead
The story of a mysterious mound, and what was inside.
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Investigator: Woman Killed Baby Girl, Put Body in Dumpster
A woman beat to death a 13-month-old girl under her care on a rural Montana Indian reservation, threw the baby's body into a dumpster and reported her missing before confessing to the crime a day later, a federal investigator testified Friday. Janelle Red Dog, 42, admitted striking the baby...
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At 12 I grew a beard and had a period - BBC News
Alec Butler was brought up as a girl, but as an adult Alec realised they were intersex - someone whose sex is neither completely male nor female.
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Health Care’s Hard Realities On The Reservation: A Photo Essay
For American Indians on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota, getting health care can be a weeks-long proposition, and it has some moving away from their homes and families.
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DNA research suggests large-scale collapse of Native American ancestors
Scientists have long looked to the archeological record to answer questions about the early population history of the Americas. A new study digs into different data: the human genome.
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Hollywood: Makin’ it while Red
Films like The Revenant challenge native stereotypes, but don't change them
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Oldest Human Footprints in the Southwest Discovered at Tucson Construction Site
The footprints of ancient farmers, their children, and even their dogs have been found perfectly preserved at a construction site just north of Tucson.
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A Princess In Patchwork: Sewing For The Miss Florida Seminole Princess Pageant
The Miss Florida Seminole Princess Pageant features intricate outfits that combine traditional Seminole patchwork techniques with modern twists, like rayon and lace.
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The food desert of the north
Despite living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the majority of homes Canada's Nunavut territory suffer from chronic food insecurity. Without relief in sight, survival sometimes comes down to killing a narwhal.
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Wounded Knee: Healing the Wounds of the Past
On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, we observe the 125th anniversary of the Massacre at Wounded Knee, a "sad and horrible event" Native and non-Native Americans still struggle to comprehend.
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