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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 #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…
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 —…
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…
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…
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…
Indian Country 52 #39 – Unequal Pay
Articles “Today, more than nine months into the year, Native American women finally get to do the do…
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…
Indian Country 52 #37 – Urban Indians
Article “Indigenous people are not supposed to have money. We were never meant to. My tribes occupied our…
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…
Indian Country 52 #36 – Honoring Mutilators
Articles “Public statues and tributes to early Spanish conquerors are facing mounting criticism tied to the brutal treatment…
Indian Country 52 #35 – Broken Society (Bands Aid)
Article “This cycle of abuse, combined with deplorable living conditions, often made Amber contemplate suicide herself. She says…
Indian Country 52 #34 – Native Scholars
Articles “The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is one of the poorest areas in the United…
Indian Country 52 #33 – Hunger Strikes
Articles “According to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, a long-standing federal government policy that…
Indian Country 52 #32 – Arapaho Children
Articles “Three children, who were members of the Northern Arapaho tribe, are among the 200-plus American Indian children…
Indian Country 52 #31 – Sterilization is Genocide
Articles “The Saskatoon Health Region has apologized to Indigenous women who felt coerced into surgery that prevented them…