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A followup note to my previous posting on Hawaii Five-0 . In one episode, a woman journalist interrogates McGarrett about not having any w...

On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, it's good to remember the Native perspective on terrorism: Native Intelligence:  The Long View

Work just begins to stem Indian suicides As I listened to both Dorgan and Eagle Shield, I kept thinking of my yearly stay on the reservation...

Go Redskins We take team owner Daniel M. Snyder at his word that he sees the nickname as an honor , and we appreciate how hard it is to aban...

The Decline of Westerns in the 80s Director Sam Fuller's revisionist, low-budget B-film Run of the Arrow (1957), often noted as similar ...

Newsweek Interview:  Charles Frazier Author In "Thirteen Moons," Frazier returns with a mesmerizing tale about a white man fightin...

It's unfortunately easy to find evidence that Indians had or have a worse self-image than other people (on average). For instance: Figh...

From the LA Times, 9/9/06: Looking at Indian Wars with the present in mind A coffee-table book on the Indian Wars of 1854 to 1890? Surely Mi...

History in the Making Beginning with X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X , in 1986, and continuing with Under the Double Moon (1989), Tania ...

Help black women find self-esteem In the 1940s, Dr. Kenneth Clark performed an experiment to quantify the degree of black self-esteem using ...

The Straight Dope® I would love to believe the legends about the Mandan Indians, reputed to have descended from an ill-fated colony of Welsh...

County commissioners seek to restore 'squaw' name County commissioners want to restore the name "squaw" to 14 places in P...

Hollywood Reporter It's unlikely to connect with as wide an art-film audience as "Atanarjuat," but does have crossover appeal ...

Most people aren't aware that Germans love cowboys and Indians. Salon (11/27/02) explains how this love affair came about: German obses...

Since someone asked, here's a short story we did for the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management in 2004. You can s...

From the Chicago Tribune, 9/7/06: Cutting edge for urban chic The mohawk, a solitary strip of upright hair down the middle of the scalp, ha...

Thomas St. John:  Indian-Hating in 'The Wizard of Oz' The Wicked Witch of the West is illustrated in the 1900 first edition as a pic...

Latest by Inuit director Zacharias Kunuk opens 2006 Toronto film festival On Thursday, the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival opens wi...

From NativeVue.org: AIFI Tribal Touring Program Gives a Voice (and Camera) to Native Youth Zombies. Shoe Fetishes. Suicide. Love. Christophe...

Cartoon shows Seminole as drum-beating, half-naked savage