What does Indigenous reclamation mean? by Manola Secaira

In the past year alone, the movement led by Native communities to reclaim lands and spaces — sometimes called the “Land Back” movement — saw huge gains in mainstream momentum.

Last Real IndiansJanuary 23, 2023Matt Remle, Last Real Indians, Crosscut, Charolette Coe, Seattle, Land back, racism, Indigenous

Disenrollment: an Overstep of Tribal Sovereignty by Keshia Talking Waters De Freece Lawrence and Zach Galehouse

Disenrollment functions as a tool of colonization when used for bilateral violence, considering the direct attack on a person’s identity, genealogy and spiritual relationship to kin and land.

Foundational Fairytales and the Lies They Tell On Books, Children and Truth by Oriel María Siu, PhD

There used to be a time in occupied America when only whites were allowed to write, read, and publish books. In fact, when Europeans started occupying the continent in 1492, one of the first things they did was burn the thousands of existing books Indigenous people had written in an attempt to destroy peoples' existing relationship with books and their contained knowledges.

How a Tacoma gas facility started a fight over climate change, sovereignty and human rights

A Washington methane gas project is compounding a crisis of tribal consultation, pension funds and national immigration practices.

New York freezes Seneca Nation Bank Accounts

New York’s unjust actions go far beyond the restricted account in which Compact-related funds have been kept. That account has more than adequate funds to satisfy any Compact-related court rulings and judgements. The State knows this, as we have had to demonstrate that fact several times in our various court proceedings.

FeaturedKen CosentinoMarch 28, 2022New York, Seneca, racism

Puyallup Tribe and Community Organizations Challenge Decision Allowing Dangerous Tacoma LNG Facility to Operate

We were put here to protect these lands and waters and that is what we will continue to do. We will continue the fight. Too much is at stake.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansDecember 23, 2021Tacoma, Last Real Indians, Puyallup, LNG, racism

California Court Unravels Trump Administration’s Attempt to Wipe Out California’s Environmental Restoration Effort

Today, a Fresno County Court shocked industrial agricultural interests in California’s Central Valley by disapproving the massive Westlands Water District’s federal contract for water from the Central Valley Project.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansNovember 1, 2021Last Real Indians, hoopa, Trump, racism

Native Boys with Long Hair by Georgina Badoni & Uti Hawkins

For Native Americans having long hair is culturally relevant and significant. The importance of having long hair differs from tribes and nations. Some tribes’ belief long hair gives them power and knowledge, others feel connected to the cosmos, and some grow it long to honor their ancestors and culture.

South Dakota to Remove Curriculum on Indigenous Peoples in Schools by Harold Frazier

Our children were stolen from us in past generation, forcefully assimilated or secretly buried in boarding schools under the “kill the Indian and save the Man” ideologies, and it would seem that the task to erase them has not ended under Governor Kristi Noem’s administration and leadership.

Oklahoma Natives Shut Down Governor Stitt’s Anti-Sovereignty Forum

Indigenous peoples from many nations shut down Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s anti-Indigenous “victim impact” forum, which had no tribal representation and was intended to incite fear among the public in Stitt’s continued effort to subvert and overturn the 2020 McGirt Supreme Court decision.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansJuly 15, 2021oklahoma, McGritt, Last Real Indians, racism, Trump

National Awareness for MMIW: Putting an End to the Violence by Rae Rose

This is not new to our communities. Since the first European stepped foot on our lands, violence against the Native people has not only been allowed, but also celebrated.

New Montana Laws Restrict Native Voter Participation

In the final weeks of the legislative session, Montana legislators passed two laws that will hinder Native American participation in the state’s electoral process.

Tribal Leaders, Legislators Condemn Inslee’s Surprise Veto of Tribal Human Rights Provisions in Climate Commitment Act

After using and exploiting Tribal Nation’s political capital to pass his climate bill, Jay Inslee made the cowardly decision on the day of the bill’s signing to ambush Tribal leaders by suddenly vetoing all Tribal consultation requirements and all protections for Native American sacred sites and burial grounds that his office and the State Legislature had negotiated as a condition of the bill’s passage.

"The list" by Johnnie Jae

Decolonization isn't just a buzzword, it's a battleground and we need to be on the frontlines or else we become the final weapon deployed to destroy ourselves completely.

In 2021, it’s time for “the chief” to come down by Trennie Collins

It’s funny to think that in 2021 Indigenous people are still having to explain themselves and why images that are supposed to portray them are racist and hurtful.

Despite Promises to Listen to Tribes and Fight Climate Change, Biden Administration Allows Oil to Continue Flowing Through Dakota Access Pipeline

Speaking before a federal judge today, representatives from the Biden administration’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers indicated that the agency will not shutter the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), despite the ongoing threats it poses to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the fact that it is operating without a federal permit.

Covid-19 in Native Communities: Recalling Past Trauma and Present Hope by Matt Remle

This pandemic underscores the systematic racism in this country that places certain populations in food deserts, provides little to no access to quality health care, and situates affordable housing near toxic and hazardous waste facilities — all of which lead to communities with poorer health outcomes that are more likely to die from viruses.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansDecember 23, 2020Matt Remle, Last Real Indians, cover-19, racism, genocide, jingle dress

Indigenous, Low-income and Minority Communities Most Impacted by Climate Change by Carolyn Davis

The way we treat our environment is the most important thing we can be conscious of as we consider our future.