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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.

Once the slurs and caricatures are gone, we're left to reconcile the erasure, tokenization, and colonization that exist beyond them

Investor coalition worth $620 billion pushed FedEx, Pepsi, and Nike to change stance, prompting team owner to announce a review of the name.

Andrea Circle Bear, 30, had been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison on a drug charge.

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.

Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and his book “Our History Is the Future.” He is a co-founder of the indigenous resistance group The Red Nation and a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.

In 1969, indigenous activists occupied Alcatraz Island, demanding that their treaties be honored. Fifty years later, they’re still fighting.