Tribal Sovereignty Saves a Homeless Shelter (For Now)
The Yakama Nation has won a temporary restraining order preventing the City of Toppenish, Washington, from closing its new cold weather shelter.
Native Americans
Many Native Americans Struggle With Poverty. Easing Energy Regulations Could Help.
A significant percentage of Native Americans don't even have electricity—thanks in part to reservations being subject to overwhelming bureaucracy.
Pregnant Women Database?
Plus: Isaac Asimov's predictions, protests in Tbilisi, California's AI regulations, and more...
Review: Ken Burns Explains the Anti–Native American Plot To Kill Bison
The American Buffalo documentary charts the fall and rise of American bison.
Review: A Teen Dramedy on a Native American Reservation
The government abuse that precipitated Native American social woes is not directly discussed in Reservation Dogs.
In Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese Plumbs the Depths of American Depravity
A masterful epic from one of Hollywood's most important, most ambitious filmmakers.
Biden's New Grand Canyon Monument Will Hamper Clean Energy Production
The designation will prevent new uranium mines in a lucrative area.
Why a Supreme Court Justice Who Always Votes for One Type of Litigant isn't Necessarily Biased
Justice Gorsuch has never voted against Native American interests in a Supreme Court case. But that probably isn't because he's biased in favor of Indians. He simply believes that much existing precedent in this field is biased the other way.
Supreme Court's Sidestep Leaves Native Kids Without Answers
While intended to keep Native families together, the ICWA subjects American Indian children to a lower level of protection than is enjoyed by non-Native kids.
Controlled Burns Can Prevent Smoky Skies. Why Won't the Federal Government Approve Them?
As long as government policies continue to fan the flames of extreme wildfires, we’ll suffer the consequences.
One Small Step for Native American Water Rights
The Colorado River Indian Tribes have just won a victory—but there are a lot more controls that need to be lifted.
SCOTUS Again Upholds Double Prosecution and Punishment for the Same Crime
Unsatisfied by the outcome of one case, the feds secured a much more severe penalty the second time around.
How the Government Keeps 'Indian' Children From Loving Homes
The broken foster system for Native American kids is finally up for Supreme Court scrutiny.
When Forced To Choose, Some New Mexico Gas Station Liquor Stores Will Now Just Sell Liquor
A paternalistic new law is having unintended consequences.
Indians and Aliens
Human beings' disturbing capacity to manufacture history to serve our own ends
Oklahoma Can't Break Congress's Promise That Native American Reservation Would Be 'Secure Forever,' Rules Supreme Court
Plus: Majority think people should be able to sue police officers, and more...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Decides Trump Financial Records Cases and Fate of Eastern Oklahoma (Updated)
The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's claims of immunity, but reaffirmed limits on investigatory powers, and ruled in favor of Native American tribal claims against Oklahoma.
The Creek Nation and the Culture of Consent
Under threat from the United States, Creek people replaced consent with coercion. Then they lost everything.
Wrestling With Old Hickory's Ghost
A conservative re-evaluation of President Andrew Jackson
The Complex, Childish Identity Politics of Elizabeth Warren's Native Heritage
There's nothing wrong with a little self-mythologizing when you're young, but there comes a time to set aside childish things.
Canada Kidnapped Native Children to 'Kill the Indian' in Them
A powerful podcast documents a Cree family's destruction by a government intent on eradicating their culture.
Should the Government Get to Define 'Native-American' Art? One Woman's Free Speech Fight.
Is the state violating Peggy Fontenot's First-Amendment rights?
Updated! Depicting Native Americans as Bloodthirsty Savages on Columbus Day
If you've ever wondered why conservatives struggle to win support among racial and ethnic minorities, here's part of the answer.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Most Wasteful Government Agency You've Never Heard Of
The Navajo Housing Authority has a long and storied history of waste, fraud, and abuse of federal funds.
George Washington's 'Founding War of Conquest'
The standing army, Native American opposition, and the high cost of territorial expansion
Death Rate for Young White Americans Is Rising Instead of Falling
An estimated 111,000 excess premature deaths occurred in white individuals between 1999 and 2014
Army Corps of Engineers Halts Work on Dakota Access Pipeline
Standing Rock protesters succeed in blocking Bakken oil pipeline route
Hogwarts in America
In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, J.K. Rowling crosses the Atlantic and makes a hash of North American history and culture.
Federal Charge Against Native American Teen Over a Gram of Marijuana To Be Dropped
Following outcry over seemingly arbitrary nature of the charge, federal prosecutor comes to his senses.
How Zoning Laws & Charges of 'Cultural Appropriation' Shut Down a Widow's Yoga Business
Manatee County, Florida, won't let Renee Bierbaum teach yoga and meditation in her own backyard.
Pelosi Says Washington Redskins Name Change "Probably Would Be a Good Idea"
Over says the name will never change
Stuck a Feather in Her Cap and Was Denied a High School Diploma
Whose graduation ceremony is it, anyway?
ObamaCare Will Likely Be Costly to Many Native Americans
Some may no longer qualify for treatment currently covered by treaties
Supreme Court to Take Case About Native American Child Custody
Couple's adopted child was taken away and returned to biological father
Indians Mark Dakota Hangings
Thirty-eight Dakota Indians were hanged on December 26, 1862 in America's largest mass hanging
