It’s been 40 years since American Indian activists ended their occupation of Wounded Knee, S.D., but thanks to them, life has improved in Indian country.read more

We don’t celebrate 500 years of being dominated, exploited, enslaved and nearly exterminated by Europeans. But we do celebrate our survival. By Mark Anthony Roloread more

This Thanksgiving, don’t call on me, as an American Indian, to offer up a prayer of thanks.read more

The 120th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre should serve as a reminder of the U.S. government’s brutal war on American Indians.read more

As a nation, we need to gain enough distance from our history of colonialism to move forward peacefully and treat other peoples respectfully. Our insistence on honoring Christopher Columbus with ticker tape only makes that journey longer and more difficult.read more

As an American Indian, I can’t think of anything more depressing than sitting around the dinner table tracing the legacy of a holiday that began with a questionable decision to save a band of starving pilgrims at Plymouth Rock.read more

On Monday, Oct. 13, schoolteachers across the nation should find the courage to speak the truth about the man who sailed the ocean blue in 1492.read more

It’s not time for black people to hit the mute button.

Progressive black critics of Sen. Barack Obama are facing a lot of criticism.read more

The Trail of Tears began 170 years ago this week. We should recall it not as an aberration but as a logical outgrowth of an inhumane policy.read more

Every year, I usually try to keep a low profile when Thanksgiving comes around. As an American Indian, one has to be careful about admitting to the guilty pleasures of enjoying a turkey feast. read more

July 17, 2006

The 125th anniversary of Chief Sitting Bull's surrender is an opportune time to learn about one of our nation's Native heroes.read more

May 10, 2006

PLYMOUTH, Mass. - Two years after the Indians greeted the first European immigrants to this land that was new only to them, the good life may now be taking a turn for the worse as rumors spread about a proposed plan to send the English settlers back to their Old World.read more

December 21, 2005

The anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee is a sober reminder of our nation's bloody past.read more

October 5, 2005

There's only one reason to keep Columbus Day on the national calendar: not to continue honoring the sailor as a great explorer, but instead to remember him as a great exploiter.read more