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Sen. Gary Stevens and Rep. Tiffany Zulkosky, sponsors of legislation on tribal education and on state recognition of tribes, hold up the bills signed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a July 28 ceremony at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. The ceremony attracted a large crowd, including Native leader Emil Notti and Sen. Lyman Hoffman, standing on the stage with Stevens and Zulkosky. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy signs tribal-recognition bill, a ‘first step toward healing’

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday, July 29 signed legislation that requires the State of Alaska to formally recognize its 229 federally recognized Native tribes.

Film

How the Predator franchise is breaking new ground for Native Americans on screen

Would you be surprised to learn that Native Americans used toothbrushes? Or would you be more surprised to learn this from a Predator film?

Haskell

How a Recent Supreme Court Decision Derailed a Native Student Journalist’s Free-Speech Lawsuit

A June 8 Supreme Court decision involving First Amendment rights has trickled down to stymie a Native student newspaper editor’s lawsuit against the ousted president of Haskell Indian Nations University.

Wendy's Art

Wendy Red Star’s Indigenous Gaze

One little-known fact about Indigenous people is that we excel at “counting coup” on our oppressors through the nonviolent resistance of satire. Why exert the energy to slay one’s enemies when one can laugh at them instead?

Jim Thorpe: (Creative Commons Photo: Public Domain)

IOC Restores 1912 Olympic Gold Medals Solely to Jim Thorpe

Even in death, Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox, Potawatomi) has once again made history and proved himself “the greatest athlete in the world.” 

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