Native American issues

Aerial view of Washington D.C. with the words Paumunkey, Piscataway, and Anacostan Tribal Land superimposed

In This Season of Giving Thanks, Acknowledge the Tribal Land Upon Which You Live

Yolanda Savage-Narva

November 15, 2021

Acknowledging the tribal land you live on (whether it is past or current tribal land) honors the communities who once lived there and whose land was brutally stolen from them.

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Honoring Native American Heritage Month by Listening to Native American Voices

Shayna Han

Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri

November 10, 2021

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time when being instructed to listen is especially important.

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Giving Thanks

Sarah Krinsky

November 22, 2012

Today, I am not posting this blog from my desk at the Religious Action Center in D.C. Instead, I’m posting it from my home in Los Angeles, where I have travelled to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. This holiday has always been a favorite of mine – I love

VAWA and Native American Women

June 1, 2012

As we’ve written about before, the House and Senate are having difficulties reconciling their different visions for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)—which is unprecedented, given that VAWA reauthorization is usually a

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Low Prosecution of American Indian Crimes

Madison Arent

February 27, 2012

There are approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States that comprise 566 federally recognized tribes – that’s almost a half-million more people than there are Reform Jews. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian