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Harvard Returns Standing Bear’s Tomahawk To Nebraska Tribe
BOSTON (AP) — A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, has been…
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Bernie Sanders ‘Strongly’ Supports Releasing Leonard Peltier From Prison
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) “strongly” supports releasing Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier from prison, according to a letter to…
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Biden Names Mohegan Tribe Member To Be First Native American U.S. Treasurer
Move over, Andrew Jackson — you’re going to have to share the face of the $20 bill with a Native…
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California School Officials Ban a Word on Account of American Indians, but Their Effort is Foiled by a Faux Pas
In San Francisco, they’re chiefly concerned about language. Therefore, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Unified…
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Colorado Wants to Fine Schools $25K a Month That Don’t Drop Indian Mascots
Colorado public high schools that have not already ditched their Native American mascots may soon be fined $25,000 per month…
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University’s ‘Antiracism’ Posters Teach Students to View Each Other by Race
College — it’s a place of guidance. And for those attending California State University, Fullerton, a plastered poster is lighting…
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South Dakota Hotel Sued After Owner Pledges To Ban Native Americans From Property
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a federal courthouse in a South Dakota city Wednesday to…
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Walt Disney World Denounces High School Drill Team Guests After They Chant, ‘Scalp ‘Em!’
Are you often offended by half-time marching band routines? If so, be thankful you missed a recent performance by Port…
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Replacement Names Proposed For Geographic Features Currently Using Derogatory Term
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials have come up with a list of potential replacement names for hundreds of geographic…
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Computer Engineering Course Offers to Group Students by Gender Identity
When you were in school, did your teacher ever assign you to a group? Back in American education’s more barbaric…
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