Who Gets to Be Native? Dina Gilio-Whitaker on Ethnic Fraud, Pretendians, and Tribal Sovereignty
I’ve known Dina Gilio-Whitaker for many years, and I’ve been reading and admiring her work even longer.
Native America: An Indigenous perspective on news & history
Indigenous communities deserve the same standard of journalism as the rest of the country, but rarely receive it from non-Native media outlets. My writing seeks to correct this.
Live Last read · last published · next check
Latest posts
From the Heart of Our Nations
Lately, I’ve been having a hard time feeling hopeful about the world.
July Native News Roundup
From the courthouse to the ballot box, from sacred lands to the solar fields of Indian Country, Native people are leading and winning. But the fights over our lands, our voting rights, and our stories
Why Trump can bomb Iran without Congressional Approval
The US has been fighting undeclared wars since George Washington–and it started with wars against Indigenous nations.
June Native News Roundup
Tribes didn’t ask for permission this month. They sued the federal government, reclaimed ancestral land, and protected sacred sites. Here’s what happened in Indian Country.
Fighting back against America’s white-washed 250th
We don’t know how America got here, because we don’t know how it started.
Tribes are fighting to protect land, sacred sites, and funding while mining and scams target Indian Country. April Native News Roundup.
Tribes are fighting to protect their land and sacred sites, while being targeted by scams and mining. April Native News Roundup.
Black and Indigenous Solidarity with Author and Activist Brea Baker
If we want to dismantle this thing called white supremacy, we need each other.
What does birthright citizenship have to do with Native Americans?
You can think of federal Indian law like a fault line in U.S. democracy. It is the place where our government threw constitutional norms out the window. Now, the fault lines are opening up.
What does it mean for the Secretary of Homeland Security to be Native? Nothing, probably. March Native News Roundup.
What does it mean for the Secretary of Homeland Security to be Native? Nothing, probably. Plus, news on land back, land threatened, and resources to support Hawaiians.