Environment
Cultural Burning and the Return of Indigenous Fire Stewardship
In 1850, one of the first laws passed by the new state of California made it a crime for Native people to set fire to the land.
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Environment
In 1850, one of the first laws passed by the new state of California made it a crime for Native people to set fire to the land.
Advocacy
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, surveys by the Association on American Indian Affairs found that between 25 and 35 percent...
History
Every Thanksgiving morning, before dawn, a few thousand people take ferries across San Francisco Bay to a former federal prison...
Education
A fourth grade class arrives at a tribal cultural center with a worksheet titled "How the Indians Lived." Within ten minutes,...
Community
In 1968, on the Navajo Nation, a handful of educators opened Navajo Community College in borrowed space at a boarding school.
History
On 1 August 1953, the United States Congress passed a short resolution declaring that Native nations should be freed from...