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Acknowledgment as Denialism: The Myth of Reparations in the US
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Acknowledgment as Denialism: The Myth of Reparations in the US

by Ja’Loni Owens December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

These ongoing practices of control, erasure, and harm make clear that the U.S. has never fully confronted the deep structural violence embedded within its legal, healthcare, and political systems.

Stranded New Orleans residents watch as a helicopter evacuates others near the Superdome sports stadium August 31, 2005. Authorities have begun evacuating thousands from the damaged Superdome where living conditions have worsened since Hurricane Katrina struck on August 29, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/JK - RP6DRMZYNMAC Insufficient government response to the Maui wildfires follows a pattern of state abandonment forged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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From Katrina to Maui, Disaster Capitalism continues to exploit across many 'Souths'

by Cierra Chenier September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
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In Photos: A year in the life of Mississippi's 66th Choctaw Indian Princess

by Adria R. Walker November 22, 2022December 1, 2023
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Something about mysticism, Coyote's Ghost, and being afraid of owls

by Autumn Fourkiller October 21, 2022December 1, 2023
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Bilingual in sarcasm y solidaridad

by Alex Temblador March 29, 2022September 27, 2023
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Life and Death in Strawberry Land

by Autumn Fourkiller February 14, 2022November 13, 2023
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Exploring the solar system through Indigenous winter solstice traditions

by Rosalyn R. LaPier, The Conversation December 20, 2021September 27, 2023
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The longest-running Indigenous radio show in Texas

by Pauly Denetclaw, Texas Observer October 19, 2021September 27, 2023
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A Native Crew asks: 'Whose land are you skating on?'

by Justin Garcia November 24, 2020September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Let's talk Indigenous gumbo

by Xander Peters October 14, 2020September 27, 2023
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Without profit from stolen Indigenous lands, UNC would have gone broke 100 years ago

by Lucas P. Kelley & Garrett W. Wright September 15, 2020November 13, 2023
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Postcolonial Love Poem: 'How do you maintain your tenderness?'

by mónica teresa ortiz June 24, 2020September 27, 2023
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North Carolina officials are ignoring a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women

by Antoinette Kerr May 5, 2020September 27, 2023
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Gulf South communities say climate justice requires new economic systems

by Emily Carmichael February 11, 2020September 27, 2023
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During Civil Rights Era, Native American Communities in the South Armed Themselves Against the Klan

by Malinda Maynor Lowery January 20, 2020September 27, 2023
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Room to Hold Grief and Gratitude

by Scalawag Editors November 25, 2019September 27, 2023
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Why I don't want to become white

by Tonnie Marin November 19, 2018September 27, 2023
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What will indigenous sovereignty look like in the Trump era?

by Gregory D. Smithers March 21, 2017September 27, 2023
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Who gets to legislate heritage in Virginia?

by Brooke Newman March 2, 2017September 27, 2023

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