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Opinion. When President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he answered decades of prayers from Indian Country.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. American Indian tribes and their federal contractors must not be included in any congressional or administrative effort to remove existing preferences in the SBA 8(a) program due to their unique and legally distinct status. Tribes are sovereign nations with a political, not racial, classification under U.S. law, a principle affirmed by the Supreme Court in Morton v. Mancari (1974). This foundational distinction underscores the government-to-government relationship between Tribes and the federal government and differentiates Tribal programs from those aimed at racial equity or diversity initiatives.
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- By Kevin J. Allis
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Guest Opinion. The story of tobacco in colonial Virginia represents one of the earliest and most significant cases of biopiracy in North American history. When English settlers first arrived in Virginia, they encountered tobacco being cultivated by Virginia Indians.This native crop would eventually become colonial Virginia's most successful cash crop, transforming from an Indigenous agricultural product to the economic backbone of the colony.
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- By Professor Victoria Sutton
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Guest Opinion. During most of the past two centuries, the country’s failed federal Indian policy inflicted a great injustice on the Cherokee Nation. Here in the 21st century we fought back, prevailed, and are poised to fortify our own system of justice.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Guest Opinion. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), signed by President Gerald R. Ford on January 3, 1975. The act represents a clear shift from past federal policies of forced assimilation and paternalistic decision-making toward respecting Tribal Nations’ right to self-determination and empowering them to decide what is in their best interest.
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- By Aaron Payment
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Guest Opinion. This January 20, we recognize Martin Luther King Day. It is a day on which many in the United States remember and honor Dr. King’s work and the long and ongoing fight for civil rights and social justice that he helped foster.
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- By John E. Echohawk, Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund
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Opinion.In the United States, only two individuals are honored with federal holidays named after them: Christopher Columbus and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While Columbus Day remains controversial, particularly among Native Americans, Dr. King’s legacy is widely embraced across Indian Country.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. Cherokee Nation is aggressively empowering a culture of entrepreneurship, investing in Cherokee families to create successful businesses and in turn, strengthen communities. Every time a Cherokee finds success in business creation, they are generating wealth and stability for their community.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Opinion. As President Joe Biden concludes his presidency this coming Monday, Indian Country will say goodbye to a president who has shown unprecedented attention and respect to tribal nations.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. As a Karuk Tribal member from the Klamath River, my heart goes out to everyone in Southern California who has been displaced or devastated by the recent wildfires. Our communities know this pain all too well—we, too, have seen homes reduced to ash and sacred lands scorched by wildfires. Fire, which can be a source of renewal, has become a destructive force, intensified by years of mismanagement, climate change, and systemic disregard for Indigenous knowledge.
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- By Josa Talley