"From a historical point of view, we might be looking at one of the greatest testimonies of crimes against humanity, which was the slave trade." theguardian.com/global-develop…

"The Chumash Heritage national marine sanctuary – which will be nearly four times the size of Yosemite national park – ... supports a number of at-risk species, including southern sea otters, abalone and blue whales." theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o…

Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library’s fiction section | Texas | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o…

President Joe Biden is expected to apologize to tribes on Friday for the country's Indian #BoardingSchools. Here is Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr.'s statement on President Donald J. Trump' apology.

The Federal Indian Boarding School Era is one of the darkest chapters of American history. The trauma experienced in those institutions haunts our conscience to this very day. Today, I'm in Arizona to issue a long overdue presidential apology for this era – and speak to how my

Disappointed but not surprised that The New York Times ‘The Daily’ podcast completely overlooked Biden’s historic apology to Native American Boarding School survivors. This is a much more significant part of American history than the Menendez brothers case. Get it together.

SUGARCANE co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat Emily Kassie are present with Secretary Deb Haaland in Arizona today as President Donald J. Trump Joe Biden makes a historic apology for the US government boarding school system’s forced separation and abuse of Native American children. Watch live: nbcnews.com/video/watch-li…

Four years ago, I had this crazy idea: What if Joe Biden nominated Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary? I put it out there through the think tank where I worked, social media and my writing and didn’t think much would come of it. But then, something did.

Amputation Nation: Loss, Memory, and Reconstructing the Racial Order cambridgeblog.org/2024/10/amputa… via Cambridge University Press - Academic

A huge congratulations to Kathleen DuVal on winning the Cundill History Prize!

Intimidation, Voter Suppression, and Racism in Indian Country | The Nation thenation.com/article/politi…

A Dark Reminder of What American Society Has Been and Could Be Again | The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/dispa…

Love to see the documentary Sugarcane's nomination for an Oscar. The film's stories bring to light a history that we should all be aware of, so we can move forward, heal and never repeat again. ictnews.org/news/searing-d…

Rifling Through the Archives With Legendary Historian Robert Caro: Reams of papers, revealing how the scholar came to write his iconic biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson, are preserved forever in New York. But his work is far from over… smithsonianmag.com/history/riflin…

Federal layoffs of probationary workers under the Trump admin are affecting federal agencies that administer programs in Indian Country. The layoffs have affected 2,600 federal employees in the DOI, 118 BIA employees, 40 BIE employees, and more. ictnews.org/news/abrupt-fe…

Trump's DOJ has erased a report from its website that lays out its own recommendations for tackling violence against Indigenous women huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…

"I Am Finally Free!": Indigenous Leader Leonard Peltier Released After Nearly 50 Years Imprisoned democracynow.org/2025/2/19/leon…

2025 Pulitzer Prizes. Congratulations to Kathleen DuVal and Edda L. Black-Fields!

This explains a lot about what we’ve been dealing with over the last 100+ days. How can the head of an agency discharge her duty to the Constitution if she doesn’t know what it says?