Native American Issues

My daughter is a student at Meadow Glen Middle School in Lexington, SC.  This past week the 7th grade students presented their Expedition projects. Each school year the grades work on an Expedition Learning pr... Read more »

The Tohono O'odham Nation has released a video, "There's No O'odham Word for Wall," detailing its opposition to the fortified border wall proposed by President Trump's recent Executive Order. The video also reiterates... Read more »

Dennis Banks, an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Anishinaabe and a co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM) is once again hoping the Longest Walk can help bring attention to issues that plague the Nati... Read more »

Well that didn't last long. There was already some rumblings going on when Obama first announced that he was designating Bears Ears in Utah and Gold Butte in Nevada as national monuments. From the original press... Read more »

Luckily there is no shortage of celebrities who can use their platforms to speak out about social injustices across the world. We can all use the help, right? Recently former UFC champion Ronda Rousey took a road t... Read more »

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY), a policy program at the Aspen Institute, will introduce the fifth class of CNAY Champions for Change through a series o... Read more »

Last year, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick announced the formation of the Colin Kaepernick Foundation, in which a major goal was his “Million Dollar Pledge” to give $100,000 each month for ten months ... Read more »

A lot of people have been drawn to Standing Rock, including many talented filmmakers and photographers. Director Kyle Bell recently teamed up with Adam Beach to produce this short documentary about the movement and... Read more »

School is winding down for winter break and it's a last minute scramble to get a gift for a loved one. If you're anything like me, a little humor goes a long way when you need a little pick me up to get through th... Read more »

Taboo, a solo Hip Hop artist as well as a member of the Black Eyed Peas, has been very vocal about his support of Standing Rock and the NoDAPL movement. He recently played at Standing Rock for a benefit concert and no... Read more »

Kudos to Teen Vogue for these recent videos with Native American teens talking about their lives and culture. Recently they had two girls talk about the issues surrounding Standing Rock and just last week several of t... Read more »

Just in time for Thanksgiving, OMGFacts gives us a quick run down of when Native Americans were granted certain rights. Some of this will definitely surprise you if you weren't already aware! Amazing that some ... Read more »