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Miranda Lopez remembers when she first learned about local Indigenous activist and athlete Rosalie Fish. Fish, a University of Washington runner from the Cowlitz Tribe, is nationally known for dedicating her races to Indigenous women who are missing or murdered, including her aunt. Lopez is from the same part of eastern Washington where Fish’s aunt […]

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith knew from an early age that she wanted to be an artist. Born on the St. Ignatius Indian Mission, she is an enrolled Salish member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, Montana. As a Native American, she might have been...

CBC News’ October 27 investigation alleges that Sainte-Marie was not born on the Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, and adopted by a White family as she has claimed for most of her career. Rather, the CBC suggests that she was born to White parents in the small town of Stoneham, Massachusetts.

A CBC investigation recently raised questions around the folk singer’s claims of Indigenous ancestry. The allegations are resurfacing a debate over what it means to be Indigenous.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The SBOE proposed exploring adding an additional Ethnic Studies: American Indian/Native Studies innovative course to the list of existing TEKS-based courses

Professor and Cherokee Nation citizen Joseph Pierce will lead the  cross-departmental, interdisciplinary initiative at Stony Brook University.

Once upon a time, the ‘masters’ were contemporary.