The Vote | ArticleWhy Vote-by-mail Could Depress Native American Turnout on North Dakota Reservations
North Dakota’s new emphasis on mail-in balloting could mean fewer votes and less representation for Native American communities.
American Oz | ArticleThe Lakota Ghost Dance and the Massacre at Wounded Knee
How the American drive to force Indian assimilation turned violent on the plains of South Dakota.
Overcoming Barriers for Native American Voters
The action, and promise, behind Native American representation in the U.S.
Alaska Natives Before Statehood
In the early spring of 1942 Alaska's population was approximately 73,000. About half of those residents were Native Alaskans, members of indigenous groups who inhabited Alaska before it was colonized by Russia.
Interview: Native Americans
Donald Fixico, Thomas Bowlus Distinguished Professor of American Indian History and Director of the Center for Indigenous Nations Studies at the University of Kansas, talks about the West before white settlement.
Biography: Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull was the political and spiritual leader of the Sioux warriors who destroyed General Custer's force in the famous battle of Little Big Horn.
Red Cloud
Red Cloud, chief of the Oglala Sioux, fought unsuccessfully to save his people and their land from being seized by whites.
Native Americans and Mount Rushmore
The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived.
Native Land Claims in Alaska
Between 1902 and 1926 the federal government had set aside 54 million acres as national parks and wildlife refuges. All the rest was potentially subject to Native title. However, Congress had never made any treaties with Alaska Natives.
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