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Indian Country 52
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Indian Country 52 is a weekly series of artworks by Ihanktonwan Dakota artist David Bernie that promotes issues and stories in Native American and First Nations communities.
Indian Country 52 #19 – Extinction
Articles “Indigenous people in Canada and scientific communities say the findings in the UN’s first comprehensive report on biodiversity are troubling, but…
Indian Country 52 #18 – Life if Water
Articles “Congress recently passed landmark, bipartisan legislation to protect the Colorado River system and the nearly one in eight Americans who rely…
Indian Country 52 #17 – Indigenous Women
Articles ““We are statistically insignificant.” That is why little attention is paid to what many describe as an…
Indian Country 52 #16 – Genocide Denial
Articles “For American deniers, it’s more complex. When Americans deny genocide took place in America, they often are…
Indian Country 52 #15 – Tribal Ban
Articles “The Oglala Sioux Tribe has banned the governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem from entering Pine Ridge…
Indian Country 52 #15 – Homicide Rates
Articles “In Montana, Native Americans are nearly four times more likely to be victims of homicide than the…
Indian Country 52 #14 – Riot Boosting
Articles “Environmental and American Indian activists are suing to erase a new South Dakota law aimed at preventing…
Indian Country 52 #13 – Indigenous Health Care
Articles “Lawyers known for their representation of Indigenous northerners are preparing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Inuit…
Indian Country 52 #12 – Redface
Articles “Redface may get less attention because of ingrained misconceptions and feelings of entitlement to Native American culture…
Indian Country 52 #11 – Fear the Dancing (New Women)
Articles “In the early 1920s, a secret file scandalized white women reformers in the United States. It was…
Indian Country 52 #10 – Civilizing the Savage
Articles “Two centuries ago, Congress passed a law that kicked into high gear the U.S. government’s campaign to…
Indian Country 52 #8 – Crisis Isn’t White
Articles “Last April, The Baltimore Sun ran an op-ed essay by a woman in mourning. Her sister, a…
Indian Country 52 #7 – American Strategy
Articles “Eight years ago, an economist produced a new theory that international trade played a major role in…
Indian Country 52 #6 – Undermining Sovereignty
Articles “DNA testing cannot show that Ms. Warren is Cherokee or any other tribe, the secretary of state…
Indian Country 52 #6 – Pedophile Shuffle
Articles “At first, officials at the U.S. Indian Health Service overlooked the peculiarities of their unmarried new doctor,…