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The Largest Holder of Native American Human Remains is Preparing to Return Thousands of Indigenous Ancestors

The single-largest holder of Native American human remains—a federally-owned power company in Tennessee—is taking steps to complete the decades-long repatriation of more than 14,000 Native American ancestors who were unearthed in dam construction projects across the Tennessee valley from the…

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The Vanishing Scholar: Indigenous Erasure in Funding Data

Throughout its history, the United States has pursued two main objectives through its Federal Indian law and policy: the assimilation of the country’s First Peoples and the dispossession o

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Archaeology and genomics together with Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American West

Few places in the world are more closely linked with horses in the popular imagination than the Great Plains of North America.

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Vatican rejects ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ following indigenous demands

The Vatican Thursday announced a formal rejection of a 15th century theory known as the ‘Doctrine of Discovery.’ In a statement, the Church said it “repudiate

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Hollywood producer accused of faking Cherokee ancestry

Hollywood producer accused of faking Cherokee ancestry

Heather Rae has identified as Native American throughout her career but public family records don’t show any