Native American history 
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SOURCE: Perspectives on History
1/18/2022
Native on TV in 2021
by Liza Black
"Where 20th- and early 21st-century shows used Native characters in superficial ways, perhaps to create an appearance of diversity, Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls center Indigenous characters, themes, and content, decolonizing conventional television narratives about Native people."
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12/12/2021
The Value of a "Greater Chaco" National Park
by Richard Moe
President Biden's decision to create a buffer zone around the Chaco Culture National Park protects not just a natural landscape but a potentially priceless trove of yet-to-be discovered artifacts and sites sacred to Native people today.
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SOURCE: NPR
12/4/2021
Nevada Governor Apologizes for State's Role in Indigenous Schools
"Descendants of Paiute, Washoe and Shoshone people who attended the Stewart School during the 90 years it was in operation told stories of bounties being offered to bring Native children to the school; of students attempting to run away due to starvation; and of extreme overcrowding in dormitories."
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12/5/2021
Honoring Memory of the Sand Creek Massacre in the Age of COVID
by Billy J. Stratton
The community of descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre maintain rituals of healing that honor the dead while affirming bonds of community that have been tested by a long history of dispossession and the recent trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
11/18/2021
The Storm over the American Revolution
by Eric Herschthal
By shoehorning his recent book on the Revolutionary War into the space of the debate about slavery and the founding, critics of Woody Holton are missing important points about the importance of indigenous land to the founding and the global context of colonial independence.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
11/25/2021
What Slavery Looked Like in the West
by Kevin Waite
"Historians typically study Black and Native slavery as discrete systems. But America’s wealthiest slaveholders didn’t draw a fixed line."
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
11/28/2021
Are Native Land Acknowledgments Empty Gestures?
by Graeme Wood
Too often, says Atlantic writer Graeme Wood, the rote ackowledgment by a speaker that an event is taking place on land historically occupied by an indigenous people is an empty gesture that short-circuits discussion of Native demands.
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SOURCE: LitHub
11/11/2021
Rethinking Afro-Indigenous History in the United States
by Kyle T. Mays
A historian argues for rethinking the cultural practices of enslaved Africans and their encounters with Native Americans by considering that both were, in a sense, "indigenous" resistance to the European settler-colonialist agenda.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
10/18/2021
Chuck Sams's Nomination to Head Parks Service is Helping Correct a Big Lie of Western History
by Blaine Harden
Memorialized as a godly champion of manifest destiny, Marcus Whitman was in fact "a mediocre missionary whose most significant contribution to history was getting killed."
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10/17/2021
Scoring the Presidents on Integrity and Humanity in Dealing with Native American Nations
by Michael A. Genovese
Since George Washington, the President has had principal influence in government policy toward Native American nations. The nation's record is not generally a proud one but some presidents have dealt more honorably than others.
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10/17/2021
The Trouble with Truth, Reconciliation, Peace and Friendship Treaties: Indigenous Land and Resource Rights Among the Mi’kmaq
by Rachel Herrington
Honoring the history of the treaties is not just about the past but also about the present and future of indigenous Canadians.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
10/11/2021
Canada is Going through its Own History Wars
by Ian Rocksborough-Smith
"To what degree will well-established professional historians and scholars respond and engage with younger generations of activists, intellectuals and cultural workers adamant about centring the experiences of marginalized people?"
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SOURCE: NPR
10/11/2021
Native Americans Explain the Significance of Indigenous Peoples' Day
"It is difficult to grapple with the complete accomplishments of individuals and also the costs of what those accomplishments came at," said Mandy Van Heuvelen, the cultural interpreter coordinator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
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10/10/2021
Reviving the Conflict Between Columbus and Taíno Chieftain Caonabó Through Historical Fiction
by Andrew Rowen
By resisting the conquest of Columbus, Taíno peoples made the story of conquest their story too. A novelist explains how he worked to recover both sides of the conflict, including the values and worldview of Native and European antagonists, through historical fiction.
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10/3/2021
The Forgotten History of Solidarity Between Black and Indigenous Freedom Movements
by Kyle T. Mays
"We have forgotten a similar time in history when African American and Native American activists battled against colonialism and white supremacy, respecting the uniqueness of both groups’ history, but understanding that an end to US empire would require solidarity."
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SOURCE: The Baffler
9/29/2021
Traumatic Monologues: The Therapeutic Turn in Indigenous Politics
by Melanie K. Yazzie
American and Canadian politicians are happy to promote initiatives based in psychological understandings that "trauma" is the principal source of Native disadvantage, while ignoring the ongoing colonial exploitation of indigenous lands by the oil and gas industries.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
9/26/2021
Few Remember the Worst Slaughter of Native Americans in US History
The Army killed about 350 members of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone in present-day Idaho 1863. Racism against natives, the banality of such attacks, and the mass carnage of the Civil War overshadowed the massacre; the efforts of Shoshone have ensured it was not forgotten.
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SOURCE: New York Times
9/23/2021
Discovery of Human Footprints Pushes Back Date of Earliest Humans in Americas
Discovery of preserved human footprints is another element of evidence to challenge the "Clovis" hypothesis that humans populated the Americas only at the end of the last ice age. The footprints are estimated at about 10,000 years older than Clovis tool artifacts.
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SOURCE: NPR
9/14/2021
Osage Nation Denied Purchase of Cave With Ancient Drawings at Auction
Serving both as a sacred burial site and the location of 290 prehistoric glyphs, the cave holds cultural significance for the Osage Nation, which called the sale "heartbreaking."
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SOURCE: NPR
9/14/2021
California Ski Resort to Change Racist, Sexist Name
"In modern usage, the word "squaw" is considered to be "offensive, derogatory, racist, and misogynistic," the resort, formerly known as Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, said as it explained its reasoning."