Activists rally in Washington, D.C. in support of VAWA on June 26, 2012Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images From ColorLines: When President Obama signed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) in 2013, he enacted legislation that allows Native American tribes to use their own courts to prosecute non-Natives accused of committing…
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Russell Means was an early leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and led its armed occupation of the South Dakota town of Wounded Knee, a 71-day siege that included several gunbattles with federal officers. (Jim Mone / AP) From LAT: Russell Means, who gained international notoriety as one of…
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From NPR: In the late 1960s, Native Americans fed up with what they saw as years of mistreatment by the federal government formed an organization known as the American Indian Movement. Founded in Minnesota, the group followed in the footsteps of the civil rights movement and took up protests across…
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In the Footsteps of Little Crow: Six Part Series (39)
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“It was told that next time there is chaos and disparity, she would return again. She said she would return as a White Buffalo Calf. Some believe she already has.” Words of Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe of the Lakota Nation…
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From Indian Country Today: When North Carolina announced earlier this year that it intends to be the first state to compensate victims of decades-ago sterilization programs, it renewed a nationwide debate over the need to acknowledge and amend the travesties of similar programs in other states. Tens of thousands of…
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