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The Edgar Award, as Denver author and Edgar finalist David Heska Wanbli Weiden puts it, is “like the Oscars for crime writers. It’s like our National Book Award.” So it was a big deal when Weiden’s thriller Winter Counts was shortlisted. It’s an even bigger deal that he’s only the second Native American writer to be named a finalist in the prize’s storied history. Not that the Edgars are the only organization recognizing Weiden’s work — far from it. He’s already won a Lefty Award for Best Debut Novel, and the Western Writers of America presented his book with the Best Con...

The Messed Up History Of Native American Boarding Schools By Marina Manoukian/Feb. 5, 2021 3:15 pm EDT/Updated: March 8, 2021 9:43 am EDT Although boarding schools for Native American children in the United States still exist, they're a far cry from their original iteration. The first native boarding school was opened in 1879, and for almost 100 years, they became another arena of forced assimilation and genocide. Parents were coerced and intimidated into allowing their children to attend boarding schools, and if parents continued to refuse, children were often kidnapped. Children were "ho...

Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold offers simple company with ‘A Very Lonely Solstice’ livestream Emily Johnston/Courtesy Last Updated December 28, 2020 Shore, entirely in quarantine. Shore is a record reflective of the past year, one that searches for joyful connection with others in the midst of disparate times. Pecknold’s latest livestream, a solo performance titled “A Very Lonely Solstice,” channeled this appreciation for life into a moving set of songs that offered solace to the lonely on the longest night of the year. The livestream took place Dec. 21, the night of the winter sols...

Lakota leader Tom Poor Bear dies after battle with COVID-19 ‘He never stopped fighting’ Indianz.Com The former vice president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and a longtime Native rights activist died Sunday from complications due to the coronavirus. Tom Poor Bear, 66, died at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado. “I still can’t believe Tom has left us,” said Bryan Brewer, who served as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe with Poor Bear as his vice president. “It’s a bad day for the tribe and his family.” Poor Bear joined the American Indian Movement not long after...