February 2012

Equal protection under the law is a legal and social concept which has often not been viewed as applicable to American Indians.  During much of … Continued

More than a thousand years ago, the Ancestral Puebloans constructed a number of larges pueblos in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. The ruins of these ancient … Continued

Traditionally the United States has assumed that any mineral and energy resources found on Indian reservations should be developed by non-Indian private enterprise and that … Continued

Welcome to the fourth edition of First Nations News & Views. This weekly series is one element in the “Invisible Indians” project put together by … Continued

The United States bought Alaska from the Russians in 1867. The Russians had never attempted to force the Alaska natives to recognize Russian ownership, nor … Continued

The Pueblo Indians, who have lived in the American Southwest for thousands of years, do not draw a distinction between the secular and the sacred: … Continued

Welcome to the third edition of First Nations News & Views. This weekly series is one element in the “Invisible Indians” project put together by … Continued

Hello, a reason why I joined this site is because I had a bad dream.  I also joined this site, because I have a little … Continued

Throughout the first century of its existence, the United States had carried out policies intended to decimate the First Nations that had occupied the lands … Continued