With Native American Expertise Comes Heightened Enjoyment, And Preservation, Of The Wilds

Native American tribes were not only linked to the land; they were custodians of it.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansOctober 17, 2021Last Real Indians

Niagara Falls, NY Inaugurates First Annual Indigenous People's Weekend

The city of Niagara Falls, NY has officially inaugurated Indigenous People’s Weekend as an annual holiday celebration.

Frontline Indigenous Leaders Occupy the Bureau of Indian Affairs in D.C. for the First Time Since the 1970's

Frontline Indigenous leaders from various fossil fuel fights from across Turtle Island have occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C. for the first time since the 1970’s.

When the Kalinago Tribal Nation of Dominica Stood up to the Powers That be and Won by Damon Corrie

Last Real IndiansOctober 12, 2021

Processing Delays and Computer Glitches Block Alaska Natives From Receiving CARES Act Money, by Frank Hopper

After being held up in federal courts for over a year and a half, funds earmarked for members of two Southeast Alaska Native organizations were delayed even longer this week due to bad planning and computer glitches.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansOctober 5, 2021Frank Hopper

Major Protests at the White House Will Urge President Biden to Act on Fossil Fuels

Thousands of people are expected to take part in a week of protests at the White House this October 11-15 to pressure President Biden to declare a climate emergency and end all new fossil fuel projects.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 30, 2021fossil. fuels, biden, Last Real Indians

Native American Wedding Rituals, Dovetailing Perfectly In The Modern Day, Make A Comeback

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 30, 2021

Damming the West, Northwest Tribes Battle the Legacy of Energy Colonization by Rae Rose

One hundred years later, after the Treaty of Walla Walla was signed, tribes watched their sacred rivers and waterfalls being dammed one after another. The fishing wars had begun as the American government tried to take away treaty rights from Northwest tribes.

Get your huckleberry harvest on before time runs out by Michael Rios

For thousands of years, huckleberry has served as an important food, medicine, and trade good to the Coast Salish peoples. Mountain huckleberry is most abundant in the middle to upper mountain elevations, and favors open conditions following disturbances like fire or logging.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 16, 2021Michael Rios, Last Real Indians, Tulalip tribes, Tulalip News

Native People, Supporters Will Gather to Commemorate an 1865 Massacre at Thacker Pass

Opponents of the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada will gather on Sunday, September 12th, to commemorate a massacre of at least 31 Northern Paiute people on that day in 1865 with prayers and songs.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 12, 2021Thacker Pass, Last Real Indians, Mining, Paiute

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.

The Evolution Of Native American Women's Clothing

The evolution of Native American women's clothing is the mirror of a society's changing nature. Beyond the beauty of indigenous attire lies a flurry of codes that reveal as much about the person wearing them as their environment.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 9, 2021

Our Existence is Resistance! New Children's Book Challenges Columbus Narrative from an Indigenous Perspective

Finally, a book is written from the heart of Indigenous endurance, highlighting the strength of spirit we pass with love from one generation to the next generation. This story is written with a bright and beautiful spirit leading to the truth of colonialism’s monstrous intent and with their very real impacts woven throughout this thoughtful story, Christopher, the Ogre Cologre it’s Over! by Dr. Oriel Maria Siu.

Water Protectors Shut Down Major U.S.-Canadian Tar Sands Terminal

This morning, Water Protectors erected multiple blockades at a major U.S.-Canadian tar sands terminal in Clearbrook, Minnesota in direct opposition to Enbridge’s Line 3.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 7, 2021Line 3, Last Real Indians, tar sands, Tara Houska, Giniw collective, Biden

Indigenous Resistance Disrupts Billion of Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Annually

The new report shows that Indigenous communities resisting the more than 20 fossil fuel projects analyzed have stopped or delayed greenhouse gas pollution equivalent to at least 25 percent of annual U.S. and Canadian emissions.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 1, 2021Indigenous resistance, Indigenous, Last Real Indians, IEN

To the president from the Oceti Sakowin Oyate

It’s time to revisit the relationship between the United States of America and the Oceti Sakowin Oyate

Last Real IndiansAugust 31, 2021Lakota, Dakota, Oceti Sakowin, President, Biden

New Signage Final Step in Preserving Legacy of Licton Springs as Indigenous Landmark by Alexa Peters

Nearly two years since earning a cultural landmark designation from the City of Seattle, Licton Springs Park, known as líq’tәd (pronounced LEE’kteed) in the Lushootseed language of the Coast Salish people, will have new signage installed on July 14 that will explain the cultural significance of this North Seattle site, in particular its ochre-colored spring, to the region’s history and Indigenous community.

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.