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Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

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How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates – video
In South Dakota, Native American children make up 13% of the child population but 74% of the children in the foster system.Neelam Tailor investigates why, and how a system built on separation is still...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Seneca Soldier and Statesman Can Finally Add Lawyer to His Legacy
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November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Native American nearly deported after Polk County jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Jail staff in Des Moines told Leticia Jacobo she would be turned over to immigration agents — even though Jacobo is Native American.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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A New Native American Cookbook Urges You to Look Nearby
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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A New Native American Cookbook Urges You to Look Nearby
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November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
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November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The Navajo Nation Is Divided as Its Leader Embraces Trump, and Coal
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November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Judge Cuts Greenpeace Pipeline Protest Award Nearly in Half
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October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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His Wampum Creations Help Keep a Centuries-Old Craft Alive
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October 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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‘The Rushmore story is hard to tell’: how an Indigenous park leader revealed the monument’s dark side
As memorial marks 100 years, Gerard Baker, park’s Native American ex-superintendent believes if Rushmore’s story is told the right way, ‘people are going to be leaving pissed’
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October 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Finding Affinity Between Native and Western Abstraction
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October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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At the Detroit Institute of Arts, an Attempt to Make Connections
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October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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This School Has Taught Native Hawaiians Since 1887. Is That Discrimination?
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October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Sterlin Harjo Isn’t Afraid of the Sophomore Slump
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September 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes
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September 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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An Artist Asks, ‘Have I Just Become Fuel for the Fire?’
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September 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Graham Greene, Oscar-Nominated Actor for ‘Dances With Wolves,’ Dies at 73
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September 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A Traditional Necklace That Lives On
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August 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Museum’s Update Sends a Message: Native Artists Are Still Here
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August 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Fire in the hole: the Indigenous crews blasting the Alaskan rainforest to save it
After a historic land buyback by the US Forest Service, Tlingit crew members are demolishing culverts to restore streams, salmon runs and cultural history deep in the Tongass national forest
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August 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Tribal Colleges Rely on Federal Funding. Their Leaders Fear the Trump Years.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Opinion | In My Parents’ Gift Shop, I Learned About Being Native
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July 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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After 150 years, a prized box returns to an Indigenous nation in Canada: ‘I felt like royalty traveling with it’
The unlikely return of the bentwood box underscores the challenges facing Indigenous communities working to reclaim items raided from their lands
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July 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages
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June 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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A Launch Party for Hosh, and a Celebration of Native American Culture
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June 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM