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Of Suffering and Strength

The late Frida Kahlo inspired an indigenous celebration of life

Elouise Cobell: 1945-2011

Tribal leader fought for overdue Indian royalties

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Osama Bin Laden Operation Ended With Coded Message 'Geronimo-E KIA'

While everyone celebrates the end of the world's most notorious terrorist, some in Indian Country are asking, "Is this still the Wild West?" Worse, a few worry about the implicit assumption that anyone Native is an enemy.

ABC News story | Commentary
Remembering Lori

On the 8th anniversary of the combat death of America's first female American Indian soldier, Pfc. Lori Piestewa, a grateful country remembers and reflects on the tragedies of war.

By Osha Gray Davison
The Forgotten Border

The prickly border dividing the United States from Mexico is cutting through theheart and soul of Native people and their lands.

By Russell Morse
What about Petrona Tomas?

Federal and Florida officials talk a lot. But, when it comes to ensuring due process to Mayan immigrants, the talk is reminiscent of another U.S. era when American Indians were promised a lot but given nothing.

By Hilary Abramson
Roots of Indigenous Revolution

Evo Morales, Bolivia's new president, promises a return to Native American rule.

By Roger Burbach
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Occupation of Alcatraz

Nearly 30 years later, the American Indian takeover of a notorious abandoned prison is remembered.

By Staff

A wrong turn in the desert

More than three years after the death of the first female American Indian soldier in Iraq, some are determined not to let her be forgotten.

By Osha Gray Davidson
Powerful medicine

From Lima, Peru, to Washington, D.C., the rich and powerful seek out a shaman by the name of Don Nazario.

By Edgardo Krebs
Uniting North and South

A decade after rebels in Chiapas, southern Mexico, staged an uprising, is reconciliation possible?

By Karen Lynch