2020 Supreme Court Ruling means more than 1.8 million Oklahomans now reside in Indian Country
US government system for measuring Native ancestry is questioned by some amid increasingly diluted bloodlines
Tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of American Indian children were forced into remote schools, never to be heard from again
The initiative requires the input of hundreds of millions of words
In South Dakota, Native Americans make up only 8% of the population but 40% of trafficking victims.
While many accuse the missionaries of cultural genocide, some still retain the faith
Between 1500 and 1776, 175 known Natives traveled to England
Oral tradition links them to 17th century Pequod and Wampanoag slaves
Massachusetts has never passed a formal law ending slavery
Several hundred Pequot men, women and children were burned alive
The Rev. Lauren Stanley keeps it light in a time of sorrow on Rosebud Reservation
The confederation had good reason to be leery of the Pilgrims; an early alliance struck for trade and military support lasted just 50 years
The Pilgrims were the first group of Puritans to sail to New England
The lives and livelihoods of New England Native Americans were forever changed within decades of the Pilgrim landing at Plymouth
‘Virus has just ground everyone to dust’
Native Americans also question timing of the event, scheduled during a period in which Americans struggle to come to terms with racism and police violence, and underfunded tribes battle spread of COVID-19
Native American advocacy groups worry lockdowns can lead to increases in alcohol, drug and domestic abuse
In 1918, the men of Shishmaref thwarted the Spanish flu at the point of the gun
Most Navajo trace origin of their outbreak to tiny community of Chilchinbeto, Arizona, where on March 7, the Nazarene Church held a religious revival meeting, one member says
Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell: 'What is driving our federal trustee's crusade?'
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