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October 21, 2013
Murphy: Natives dismiss Canada's generosity
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A conservative critic responds to the Elsipogtog conflict , saying Natives are ungrateful for all Canada has done for them. A rude dismiss...
Media frames Elsipogtog as "clashes"
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While the Mi'kmaq in Elsipogtog discuss the next phase of protest: Elsipogtog regroups as chief ponders new anti-fracking leadership ...
October 20, 2013
Fighting Indian Stories #1
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Midget Comics #1 (Fighting Indian Stories)--Matt Baker cover Midget Comics v1 #1 (Fighting Indian Stories), 1950--An Indian raises his tom...
Mascot lovers want to control Indians
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The Redsk*ns Moniker Monopolizes on Genocide Committed Against Native Americans By Danielle Miller Native Americans have been dehumanized ...
October 19, 2013
ESPN's Seminole minstrel show
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Here's a perfect example of how Indian mascots are racist, offensive, and insulting: ESPN Has ‘No Comment' on Its College GameDa...
Patriarchal culture encourages violence
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The Perils of Patriarchy for Men as Well as Women: Another Mass Shooting, Another Reason to Begin Discussing Violence and Gender By Jeffre...
October 18, 2013
Tonto's craziness justifies crow headdress?
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Johnny Depp's Tonto supposedly is half-crazed because of a childhood trauma. Does that excuse the bird on his head and other oddities? ...
Natives support Elsipogtog protest
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Molotov Cocktails & Guns Confiscated; Support Pours in for Mi'kmaq Protesters Support for Mi’kmaq protesters in New Brunswick spread...
October 17, 2013
Obama = "trifecta of Otherness"
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Inside the Conservative Brain: Why Tea Partiers Are Desperately Afraid To understand how Tea Partiers view the world, you have to know how...
Mi'kmaq protest against fracking
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RCMP bring 60 drawn guns, dogs, assault rifles, to serve injunction on the wrong road After van, main blocker removed the night before, RC...
October 16, 2013
Poll: "Redskins" is offensive to Indians
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Poll: Majority see why Redskins name offensive By Erik Brady The Oneida Indian Nation commissioned a poll that shows 59% of adults in the ...
Indigenous nations fight corporate power
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Indigenous Nations Are at the Forefront of the Conflict With Transnational Corporate Power By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers On Monday, ...
October 15, 2013
Diverse TV shows get higher ratings
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Study finds TV shows with ethnically diverse casts, writers have higher ratings By Cynthia Lee Television viewers are more likely to watch...
How to Write the Great American Indian Novel
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Excerpt from a poem by Sherman Alexie : How to Write the Great American Indian Novel By Sherman Alexie All of the Indians must have trag...
October 14, 2013
Bob Costas criticizes "Redskins"
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Bob Costas Says Redskins Name Is 'An Insult, A Slur' During NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' By Chris Greenberg Bob Costa...
Columbus Day celebrates white superiority
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I thought this was going to be a quiet Columbus Day. I hadn't seen the usual spate of anti-Columbus articles a week or two before the h...
"Redskins" approaching a tipping point?
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Redskins nickname debate begins to overshadow team's play By Eric Adelson "The whole thing is bigger than it needs to be," f...
October 13, 2013
Red Cloud Indian School denounces "Redskins"
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Mike Florio provides a good summary of another Redskins faux pas: Effort to defend Redskins name continues to backfire By Mike Florio In...
Indians don't fit American myth
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Guilt And The Conservative Antipathy For American Indians By T. Steelman On this Columbus Day, I asked myself why some of those whose ance...
October 12, 2013
Republicans want to restore Confederacy
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Columnist Dennis Hamill tells us what the government shutdown, aka the Obamacare battle, is all about: Frightened white people in Congress...
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