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Pope Begs Forgiveness of Indigenous for Canada School Abuses

Pope Francis apologized and begged forgiveness for the “deplorable” abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples in...

Canada Indigenous Tell Pope of Abuses at Residential Schools

Indigenous leaders from Canada and survivors of the country’s notorious residential schools met with Pope...

Statues to Hatchet-Wielding Colonist Reconsidered

Statues to Hannah Duston are being reconsidered amid the nationwide reckoning on racism and controversial...

Has North Dakota Law Made It Harder for Native Americans to Vote?

Back in 2018, critics of a series of voter ID restrictions provided ample evidence that...

Astronomers Stop Using Telescopes in Hawaii During Protests

The protesters object to construction of the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope out of concern...

Did Sen. Elizabeth Warren Describe Her Race as ‘American Indian’ on Her 1986 Texas Bar Card?

In early 2019 the Massachusetts Democrat attempted to distance herself from her past pronouncements about...

Did the Trump Administration Take Land from the Tribe That Welcomed the Pilgrims?

The Department of the Interior reversed an Obama-era decision to put Mashpee Wampanoag land in...

Did Donald Trump Appoint the First Native American to Lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

In August 2018, the U.S. Senate confirmed Tara Sweeney's appointment as Assistant Secretary for Indian...

Did Russia Erect a Monument to Native Americans in Front of the United States Embassy in Moscow?

There was a well-publicized petition to construct such a monument, but it has not been...

Did Abraham Lincoln Order the Execution of 38 Dakota Fighters?

After a violent Native American uprising in 1862, President Lincoln signed off on 39 executions...

Trump Wants to Deport American Indians to India?

Reports that President Trump said he was going to deport Native Americans back to India...

‘This Is Our Ghost Dance.’ Standing Rock Sioux Will Continue Their Dakota Access Pipeline Battle

Despite a freezing winter, hundreds of activists and Native Americans hunker down in a sustained...