December 19, 2017
Indian Country 52 #51 – Useless Crime Data
Article “The U.S. Justice Department does not adequately collect or use crime statistics from Native American tribes, a…
December 12, 2017
Indian Country 52 #50 – Bullying
Articles ““Several themes regarding these (serious) challenges emerged from the voices of the youth,” O’Soup said. “What is…
December 5, 2017
Indian Country 52 #49 – Toxic Water
Articles “The federal government is only spending 70 per cent of what it would cost to eliminate boil-water…
November 28, 2017
Indian Country 52 #48 – Mercury Poisoning
Articles “Ottawa and Queen’s Park have known about mercury poisoning and its impacts on the two communities for…
November 21, 2017
Indian Country 52 #47 – Body of Liberties (Slavery)
Articles “Here are three scenes from the history of slavery in North America. In 1637, a group of…
November 14, 2017
Indian Country 52 #46 – Discrimination (Native Americans)
Articles “More than half of Native Americans living on tribal lands or other majority-Native areas say they have…
November 7, 2017
Indian Country 52 #45 – Omaha Society Healer (Susan Picotte)
Articles “In an era when women couldn’t vote and Native Americans were denied citizenship, Susan La Flesche shattered…
October 31, 2017
Indian Country 52 #44 – Pollution is killing Me
Articles “Pollution kills more people around the world than war and infectious diseases, says a new report —…
October 24, 2017
Indian Country 52 #43 – Justice for MMNAW
Articles “During a congressional hearing, Heitkamp, D-N.D., addressed frustrations she hears from family members of women who have…
October 17, 2017
Indian Country 52 #42 – Renting Sovereign Immunity
Articles “In September, we learned that the pharma giant Allergan had sold key patents to the St Regis…
October 10, 2017
Indian Country 52 #41 – Bears Ears is not for Sale
Articles “Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says that if Confederate monuments are taken down, there’s no telling how far…
September 26, 2017
Indian Country 52 #39 – Unequal Pay
Articles “Today, more than nine months into the year, Native American women finally get to do the do…
September 19, 2017
Indian Country 52 #38 – Do not lose Hope
Articles “Since 2005, when deaths began to be coded by ethnicity – close to 500 completed suicides have…
September 12, 2017
Indian Country 52 #37 – Urban Indians
Article “Indigenous people are not supposed to have money. We were never meant to. My tribes occupied our…
September 12, 2017
Indian Country 52 #37 – Rescind Your White Privilege
Articles “After vowing to take the summer months to meet with Indigenous people after a series of controversial…