Native Americans

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October 13, 2014
Happy Columbus Day?  What is there to celebrate?  And how about Happy Indigenous People’s Day instead? With Columbus Day upon
September 2, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Add ESPN's Lisa Salters to the growing number of media members who will not be using the…
June 23, 2014
We are a long way from consensus on these questions, judging by the response to a federal ruling that the…
June 18, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Patent Office ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and…
October 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL is prepared to meet with an Indian tribe pushing for the Washington Redskins to drop…
October 5, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he would "think about changing" the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the…
July 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Limbaugh continued to say that compared to other parts of the world, slavery in America 'by no…
May 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten members of Congress are urging the Washington Redskins to change their name because it is offensive…
February 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Redskins are taking a beating at the Smithsonian...
November 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Native Americans live in some of the most extreme cases of rural poverty in the world and…
November 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Many African-Americans lay claim to Native American ancestry, and yet very few blacks have taken the steps…
November 20, 2012
POST SCRIPT'D - This week’s reading list includes a few cookbooks to help spice up your Thanksgiving menu...
May 8, 2012
Conyers (D-Mich.) is calling the GOP's revisions to the Violence Against Women Act -- which excludes immigrants, women of color,…
April 9, 2012
OPINION - In Tulsa, Oklahoma the historic complexities in the relationship between Native Americans and whites versus African-Americans goes all…
October 7, 2011
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - Nearly 3,000 people whose ancestors were enslaved by Cherokee Indians in the 1800s are fighting to…
October 3, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed one of two lawsuits over whether black slaves once owned…
September 19, 2011
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Recounts from a flawed election in June reversed the results four times between the longtime chief…
September 15, 2011
The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a letter to the Cherokee Nation on Monday demanding that the tribe reinstate the…
September 13, 2011
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) - The federal government said that unless the descendants, known as freedmen, were allowed to vote, the…
August 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In 1863, the Freedmen were made citizens by an act of the Cherokee National Council, which awarded…