Tribal sovereignty and the well being of Native people hinge on the outcome of the 2020 elections. Yet, voter suppression, the fractured relationship with the major political parties and the US government continues to disenfranchise Native voters.
If you’re old, poor, and African American or Hispanic-Latinx, your chances of infection are especially high and odds of survival significantly lower. The economic downturn could drive the number of homeless to 800,000, an increase of 40% to 45%.
During the 19th century,the U.S. government encouraged the extermination of the bison as a means to subdue Native Americans and facilitate the country’s western expansion.
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that much of eastern Oklahoma, constituting nearly half the state, is Native American land, recognizing a 19th century U.S. treaty with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Undermined by displacement and centuries of cultural assimilation, indigenous foodways are careening toward extinction. A number of increasingly prominent Native chefs hope to change that.
For Native Americans, the census ‘impacts everything,’ from federal funding to political representation. But Native Americans have historically been undercounted; an estimated one in seven Native Americans were not counted in the 2010 US census.
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