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Indians of North America

New Hampshire Goddam

by Daniel Brook,

The past and future of the Voting Rights Act

Ghosts of Wounded Knee

by Matthew Power,

A paper trail of tears

by Vince Beiser,

How casino-rich tribes are dealing members out

Mighty White of You

by Jack Hitt,

Racial preferences color America’s oldest skulls and bones

The Education of Little Tree

From “Learning All About Court with B.J.,” an activity book for Native American children going to federal or tribal court published by the United States Department of Justice. Take this…

Anxiety, anonymity, amnesia

by Wayne Biddle,

Day to day in the nation's capital

The Last Word

by Earl Shorris,

Can the world’s small languages be saved?

The Cost of Conquest

by Harper’s Staff,

From the “Special Estimate of Funds required for the service of the Indian Department within the present fiscal year, ending 30th June, 1851,” submitted to Congress November 7th, 1850, by…

The knifethrower

by Andrea Robbins, Max Becher,

Man with foxhat

by Andrea Robbins, Max Becher,

Receiving Treaty Money

Art by Allen Sapp,