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Colonization
December 14, 2020
Nick Martin
The Year That Killed the Native Mascot
If there is a silver lining to 2020, it’s the reminder that even the toughest fights in Indian Country can have a happy ending.
July 22, 2020
Nick Martin
How to Make a Deadly Pandemic in Indian Country
From the 1918 Spanish flu to Covid-19, broken treaties have been the foundation of health crises among Native people.
April 21, 2020
Nick Martin
Coronavirus Emergency Aid Has Become Its Own Disaster in Indian Country
The Trump administration turned scarce funding and a growing crisis among Native communities into an existential fight over sovereignty.
March 27, 2020
Nick Martin
Protecting Native Elders in a Pandemic
“We are who we are because of the people who raised us,” said Deb Haaland, one of two Native women in Congress.
February 19, 2020
Nick Martin
The Pipeline Crisis Was Centuries in the Making
How the intergenerational lock of poverty leaves so many Indigenous communities with few options but to sign on the dotted line.
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