Columbus Day will no longer be observed in Chicago Public Schools — and the group behind the city’s annual Columbus Day parade is already pushing to reverse that decision. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “This is a slap in the face of the more than 500,000 Italian Americans in Chicago, and the 135 million Italian Americans worldwide,” said […]
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The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity | The Guardian
Their ancestors were black slaves owned by Native Americans. Now they’re suing the Creek nation to fully restore their citizenship
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What Makes Someone Native American? | The Washington Post
In March 2012, Heather McMillan Nakai wrote a letter to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs asking the agency to verify that she was Indian. She was seeking a job at the Indian Health Service and wanted to apply with “Indian preference.” Nakai knew this might be difficult: As far as she was aware, no […]
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These High School Murals Depict an Ugly History. Should They Go? | The New York Times
Carol Pogash, The New York Times One of the 13 murals that make up “The Life of Washington,” at George Washington High School in San Francisco. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times, Featured Image [dropcap]SAN[/dropcap] FRANCISCO — In one of the murals, George Washington points westward over the dead body of a Native American. Another […]
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Indian Tribes Dig In to Gain Their Share of Sports Betting | The New York Times
State officials from California to Connecticut spent last week maneuvering for control of the tens of billions of dollars in projected revenue from sports betting, and joining them was another group of powerful, and familiar, gambling operators aiming to claim their piece of the action: American Indian tribes.
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How Native Americans are taking back their ancestors’ remains | Timeline
The bones of 50,000 individuals have been transferred from universities and museums so far.
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Indian Slavery Once Thrived in New Mexico. Latinos Are Finding Family Ties to It. | The New York Times
ALBUQUERQUE — Lenny Trujillo made a startling discovery when he began researching his descent from one of New Mexico’s pioneering Hispanic families: One of his ancestors was a slave.
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For the First Time, Metropolitan Museum Will Display Indigenous Art in Its American Wing – Hyperallergic
With a major promised gift of 91 works of Native American art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will now include indigenous art in its galleries on American art.
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