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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 #41 – Sex Trafficking
Article “Six years ago, teenage girls on Fort Berthold, a Native American reservation in North Dakota, started showing…
Indian Country 52 #40 – Discrimination and Abuse
Article “Five years ago, psychiatrist R. Dale Walker was invited to a small Northern Plains reservation that had…
Indian Country 52 #39 – Decanonize
Article “Lopez’s tribe wasn’t the only one to write letters to the pope opposing the canonization. In fact,…
Indian Country 52 #38 – Sixties Scoop never ended
Article “Manitoba is seizing a record number of newborns – as many as 40 in one month from…
Indian Country 52 #37 – She had some Horses
Article “Poet Joy Harjo, known for wedding social consciousness to her Muskogee Creek heritage and the south-west American…
Indian Country 52 #36 – Assimilate
Article “”I think assimilation is an amazing thing,” Paul told Ingraham. “A good example of how, even in…
Indian Country 52 #35 – Billy Frank Jr Street
Articles “Indian Street will likely be renamed Billy Frank Jr. Street, after the Bellingham City Council asked staff…
Indian Country 52 #34 – No Natives Please
Articles “A Kijiji ad to rent a three-bedroom home in Prince Albert, Sask., has been pulled after complaints…
Indian Country 52 #33 – Contamination (EPA)
Articles “One of the largest communities of Navajo farmers along the San Juan River has voted to keep…
Indian Country 52 #32 – Boy Scouts of Appropriation
Article “Amidst the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference on campus this week, students have taken issue…
Indian Country 52 #31 – Bullet and a Target
Article “Nearly 100 people demonstrated in downtown Denver earlier this week after police there shot and killed 35-year-old…
Indian Country 52 #30 – Return to Offender
Articles “South Dakota Native American tribe’s leaders voted Wednesday to reject all money – including an already-offered $25,000…
Indian Country 52 #29 – Playing Indian
Articles “Smith’s self-acknowledged false claims and lack of clarity on her own identity perpetuate deeply ingrained notions of…
Indian Country 52 #28 – Save Oak Flat
Article “For years, Standing Fox and a dedicated core group of Apache activists have joined with a coalition…
Indian Country 52 #27 – Fuck You UR Shameless
Articles “Earlier this week, David Guetta released a highly controversial video promoting his weekly “F*** Me I’m Famous”…
Indian Country 52 #26 – Arrested Youth
Article “Australia needs to take drastic action to reverse the over-representation of Indigenous young people in juvenile detention…