‘Indian Country’ Archives
Native American Youth to Diane Sawyer: We’re Not Poverty Porn via Colorlines
Last month ABC’s 20/20 aired a special they called “Children of the Plains,” that portrayed the Lakota Indian reservation as a place that only dealt with crime, unemployment, alcoholism, overcrowded trailers and crumbling schools. On Monday, young Native American [Read More]
Torture in the US Prison System: The Endless Punishment of Leonard Peltier | Truthout
by: Preston Randolph and Dan Battaglia, Truthout | Op-Ed In June 2006, the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons released “Confronting Confinement,” a 126-page report summarizing its 12-month inquiry into the prison systems. The commission [Read More]
Cynthia McKinney Blasts Obama On Libyan TV | News One
“I want to say categorically and very clearly that these policies of war … are not what the people of the United States stand for and it’s not what African-Americans stand for,” she told state TV. “Under the economic policies of the Obama administration, [Read More]
Native American Activist, Author Winona LaDuke on “The Militarization of Indian Country” and Obama Admin’s “Lip Service” to Indigenous Rights
Native American activist and writer Winona LaDuke joins us to discuss her new book, The Militarization of Indian Country. LaDuke covers the legacy of the seizure of Native American lands by the U.S. government—which became sites for industrial and military use, including [Read More]
The story of Radmilla Cody, first Miss Navajo of African descent, told in a new film
“Radmilla Cody knows the way home. It’s not an easy journey. The dirt roads are canoe-shaped and gouged by rain. They curl around hills and plunge into deep draws, finally bringing us to the family homestead near Grand Falls, on the Navajo Reservation. Cody grew [Read More]
New exhibit looks to unravel ‘Red/Black’ connection
Although the question at the heart of “Red/Black” is simply stated, it’s also complex: “Who am I and who gets to say so?”"When we understand this history, we end up understanding a great deal more about the history of Native Americans, about [Read More]
