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13 facts about Native Americans you didn’t learn in history class

Depending on how much you know about the constitution, you may be surprised to learn that Ben Franklin and the founding fathers modeled the United States constitution on the constitution of the ...
The New Yorker

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement

Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...
Boston Herald

Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Swiftly marching toward westward expansion, the United States in the 1800s brought with it a tidal wave of displacement and cultural suppression for Native Americans. A century ...
The New York Times

For Minneapolis’s Native Americans, a New Fight Echoes a Bitter History

The crackdown on unauthorized immigrants is resonating deeply among the Dakota and other tribes, as residents confront what they call a federal occupation of their land. By Matthew Purdy Matthew Purdy ...
MPR News

Red, white and blue: A strategy for survival as Native Americans navigate 250 years of history

A painting by Navajo artist Kee Yazzie is displayed as part of the "Stars, Stripes and First Americans" exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, N.M., on May 11. When it comes ...