To move forward, Coloradans must face the massacre’s trauma and begin to repair trust.
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- By Chris Tall Bear
Opinion. This past Wednesday, the federal government delivered a brutal and familiar reminder of the violence Native people have endured for centuries, when multiple videos surfaced showing a federal agent using deadly force on a Minneapolis street. It shows a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fired three shots into a maroon Honda Pilot, killing the woman sitting behind the wheel.
Guest Opinion. It is time for animal behavior to become its own academic discipline.
Guest Opinion.We cannot have a great Cherokee Century unless we build a world-class system of Cherokee wellness. We cannot build that system without investing in our healthcare workforce.
Guest Opinion. We enhance ourselves with glasses and contacts and even canes and crutches, and we think nothing of it. But what if we enhance ourselves with technology that makes us not just up to normal performance, but better than normal human performance—or with different capabilities than a human?
Opinion. Even after retiring from the U.S. Senate in 2005, former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who passed away on Dec. 30, 2025, remained a familiar presence in Indian Country. He was easy to spot in the crowd — at White House Tribal Nations Conferences during the Obama administration, at the National Congress of American Indians State of Indian Nations address in Washington, D.C., and at Indian Gaming Association conventions.
Opinion.Today marks the 135th anniversary of the Massacre of Wounded Knee, which occurred during the wintry week between Christmas and New Year’s in 1890.
Guest Opinion. Weapons of mass destruction have traditionally been characterized by the acronym “CBRN” (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear), but WMDs can also include devices such as bombs and explosives. These categories have been incorporated into federal law over time in response to attacks, disasters, and international obligations. The federal crime involving the possession or use of biological weapons was enacted in 1989 pursuant to the Biological Weapons Convention. In 1994, Congress passed a criminal statute covering all weapons of mass destruction, including radiological and nuclear weapons. The Chemical Weapons Convention, which entered into force in 1997, likewise required the enactment of criminal statutes punishing the possession or use of chemical weapons.
Opinion. One line in a press release from New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D) this past week stopped me cold.
Guest Opinion. Being a federally recognized tribe in the United States officially recognizes the political relationship between the sovereign nation of a tribe and that of the United States of America.