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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 #6 – Meet the Master
Articles “After an outcry from members of the Alaska Native community, Alaska Airlines has removed the line “Meet…
Indian Country 52 #5 – First Nations Housing
Articles “Internal government documents say Manitoba First Nations residents live in some of the most dilapidated homes in…
Indian Country 52 #4 – Drunk Whites
Articles “Native Americans are often represented in the media as drinking far more excessively than other racial and…
Indian Country 52 #3 – Prima Ballerina
Articles “A dancer of great radiance and lyricism, Ms. Chouteau was one of five prominent Native American dancers…
Indian Country 52 #2 – The KXL Pipeline
Articles “On Jan. 6, TransCanada went to court to claim that the Obama administration’s failure to approve the…
Indian Country 52 #1 – It’s Time
Articles “Actor Leonardo DiCaprio got political in his Golden Globe acceptance speech on Sunday night. DiCaprio, who won…
Indian Country 52 #52 – On Tribal Land
Articles “The leaders of the Burns Paiute tribe have a message for the men and women who have…
Indian Country 52 #51 – Never Forgotten (MMIW)
Articles “Not much in politics produces agreement anymore. The reaction to the national inquiry into murdered and missing…
Indian Country 52 #50 – Save Tribal Sovereignty
Articles “Dollar General has argued that Native American tribes do not have civil jurisdiction over an outside corporation…
Indian Country 52 #49 – Violence Advisory
Article “The head of the Native Women’s Association of Canada says she’s not surprised new numbers show aboriginal…
Indian Country 52 #48 – REthink
Article “Black Friday. It’s a de facto commercial holiday when millions of Americans stand in line for hours…
Indian Country 52 #47 – 911 is a Joke
Articles “A judge examining the deaths of three children and a grandfather in house fires on remote northern…
Indian Country 52 #45 – Manifest Destiny
Article “Rand then blamed Native Americans for breaking the agreements they made with the Euro-American colonialists. The historical…
Indian Country 52 #44 – Abolish Columbus
Article “It was an orgy of looting and butchery, faithfully recorded by eyewitnesses. The accounts are too graphic…
Indian Country 52 #43 – Water Quality
Article “Two-thirds of all First Nation communities in Canada have been under at least one drinking water advisory…
Indian Country 52 #42 – Every Child Matters
Article “Wearing orange T-shirts that read “All children matter” some 200 aboriginal people and their allies walked from…