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Mass Incarceration Since 1492: Native American Encounters With Criminal Injustice
The colonial relationship between the US state and Native Americans is important in understanding mass incarceration as a whole.
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Legal Limbo: One Oregon Tribe’s Fight for Federal Recognition
The Columbia River's Celilo Wy'am people do not exist in the eyes of the US government.
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Bundy’s Oregon Occupation Is Capitalist at Its Core
Ammon Bundy's occupation in Oregon is rooted in a history of Indigenous dispossession and land enclosure in the West.
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The Battle to Save New Mexico’s Last Wild River
Activists are resisting a water infrastructure project that threatens New Mexico's Gila River, native species and local ecology.
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The Struggle for Hawaiian Education
The Hawaiian education movement seeks self-determination for Native Hawaiian students and their communities.
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No Thanks: How Thanksgiving Narratives Erase the Genocide of Native Peoples
Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Native American and Indigenous people. Its purpose is to serve the capitalism of empire.
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As European Governments Restrict Nuclear Power, Investors Focus on Brazil
While some European nations have decided to deactivate their nuclear power plants, Brazil is planning to build 12 by 2050.
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Indigenous Communities Seek Autonomous Development Projects in Guatemala
Guatemalan Indigenous peoples are seeking autonomous development projects as alternatives to mega hydroelectric projects.
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Reproducing State Violence: Planned Parenthood, the Hyde Amendment and Indigenous Struggle
Reproductive domination is the theft of Native agency, which has always been at the heart of the experiences of Native people.
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The “People’s Pope” and the Church’s Emerging Contradictions
While some have called Pope Francis a progressive, we must consider his actions in the context of the hierarchical institution he represents.