We openly encourage younger authors and first-time writers. If folks need assistance with editing, we’ll certainly do that, but one thing we pride ourselves on is that we don’t want to tell people how to tell their stories, or rewrite their stories.
Read MoreMr. Chiefstick is the latest in a growing number of Indigenous people who have lost their lives at the hands of Western Washington police. Over the past decade, John T. Williams, Milo Harvey, Cecil Lacy, Jr., Renee Davis, and Daniel Covarrubias also died in this region due to local police violence.
Read MoreWe bought our plane tickets. We crossed our fingers. We hoped against all hope. And then, as expected, the Ponca powwow was officially cancelled.
Read More“This just reminds me of the first time that white people came. They kicked our families out of their territory and then they burnt all their huts and everything else, and put them on their so-called reserves. This is what this reminds me of,” stated Fred Tom, Chief Gisday’wa of the Gidimt’en Clan
Read MoreOn Monday the Trump Administration announced it has completed its review of an oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). With this Record of Decision announcement, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has stated that he expects the first round of leasing for the 1.56-million acres in the ANWR to take place before the end of 2020.
Read MoreNative Americans have a strong history that is interwoven with music. There is archaeological evidence of this that dates back to 10,000 BC, including instruments made of turtle shells that were used by Native Americans to create rhythms.
Read MoreVillage of Matta Mourns the Murder of Okono-Arawak Chief Michael Karwofodi
Read MoreOver the course of the school year, the Lushootseed language warriors develop a strong connection with their students as they are in the classrooms weekly, some teachers daily. When schools began to close, naturally the instructors began to miss their students, as well as preparing lesson plans and growing the minds of future Tulalip.
Read MoreThe Washington State Penitentiary (WSP), and Huy, an Indigenous non-profit advocacy organization, have collaborated to help incarcerated Indigenous people be spiritually rehabilitated, while providing skills and resources that can be used both inside the facility and in society upon release.
Read MoreThe existing Trans Mountain pipeline is a major environmental and public health hazard with a long history of disastrous spills. Earlier this month, 50,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from a pump station located above an aquifer that supplies the Sumas First Nation with drinking water.
Read MoreMerrick, Massapequa, Patchogue, Manhasset, Montauk — the town names of Long Island, New York, are a patchwork of the Native American tribes who first inhabited the land. Today, few other indications of those richly cultured indigenous peoples remain. Centuries of colonization, genocide, and assimilation have eroded their presence from the public sphere.
Read MoreMore than 16% of American Indian and Alaska Native adults have been diagnosed with diabetes, which is more than double the prevalence rate for the general population in the U.S. - according to the National Indian Council on Aging. This puts them at a greater risk for COVID-19.
Read MoreKinder-Morgan’s application for approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) has been bouncing around in Canada’s federal courts like a pinball since 2013. First Nations tribes and environmental groups have valiantly worked the flippers of the judicial pinball machine for years, filing lawsuits and appeals, to keep that shiny ball from rolling down the drain of approval.
Read MoreToday, King County Council, in Washington State, voted unanimously to make that moratorium permanent, by passing a comprehensive suite of regulations that protect local communities from fossil fuel threats.
Read MoreWe evict KXL and DAPL from our lands, we stand on our treaty rights to do so. We also stand on our inherent rights as Indigenous people that are ours under Natural Law. We invoke our ancestors to stand with us now, for our water, for our land, and the generations yet unborn.
Read MoreInstead of protecting fellow Oklahoman’s from tear gas and rubber bullets or addressing the harm and violence police commit against our communities with impunity,Prater chose to charge those demonstrating their First Amendment Constitutional rights with terrorism.
Read MoreRest in peace to the civil rights legend, John Lewis who passed away at the age of 80. Last Real Indians pays tribute to the legend who’s contributions to America will never be forgotten.
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