Mark has been a correspondent for Indian Country Today, director of the Native American Journalists Association and is author most recently of the memoir My Mother Is Now Earth. He is an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and a regular contributor to The Progressive, including for the column, “Going Native.”
Diné Equality
Prior to colonization, American Indians had their own values of tolerance and acceptance. Forgetting those values not only threatens our tradition, but our right to tribal sovereignty. more
Greg Ness
How uncanny and unexpected this younger generation has become—so much more open-minded and embracing of diversity in our world. more
Public attention has focused on the bad behavior of prominent, mostly white men. Thankfully, this spotlight is also falling on Indian men who have behaved in similar ways. more
Rob87438
Tribal sovereignty is precarious at best. Indians know that at any point the President, Congress, and the U.S. Supreme Court could do away with Indian-federal treaties, dismantle reservations, and open up tribal lands to the highest bidder. more
US Army
For those who would say retiring Wahoo is a positive step in the right direction, I cry foul ball. more
AP Images
Trump’s Administration, so far, may not be as bad for American Indians as Andrew Jackson or Ulysses S. Grant. But it aims to be. more
The Gun Lake Tribe and Rhino Media Productions
I asked President Trump to join a traditional Native-American Thanksgiving. He did not reply. more
Neeta Lind
His work marks a turning point in the consciousness of this country about historical and current mistreatment of American Indians. more
From proud displays of Indians as savage sports mascots, to exploiting Indian land for oil and other natural resources, you cannot convince me that the spirit of Christopher Columbus is no longer with us. more
The Cherokee were wrong to exclude their black brothers and sisters from membership. more
Flickr - Fibonacci Blue
Despite a June 19 court decision protecting the Redskins name and logo as an expression of free speech, the team's days touting a racial slur as a name may be numbered. more
Keith Allison
Like Little Black Sambo, Frito the Bandito and other racial stereotypes, the days of the Redskins name and image are numbered. more
Library of Congress
The history of Native Americans is clouded in illusions of transcendence, but the standoff at Standing Rock is only the latest in a never-ending dynamic that has raged since the Puritans landed. more
The protection of their homelands could never be for sale. more
Today, in 1758, the first American Indian Reservation was established. That was just the beginning of a siege against Native American sovereignty and the environment. more
"You want to screw up your economy? Screw up your government." more
The trails blazoned with Native blood by these first Catholic missionaries became paths towards the rise of religious imperialism. more
"We are a sovereign nation and we are not being treated as such." Image credit: Shield the People more
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.In February 1973, activists in the American Indian Movement came to the Pine Ridge Indian Res... more
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