Monumental Worries: A Rift over Land Rights in the Wild(ish) West
“The land is being loved to death.”
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New Administration, Age-Old Battle: Native American Rights Under Obama and Trump
And so began a new chapter in the tug-of-war between one president’s legacy and another’s plan, part of the ongoing struggle for Native rights despite government-induced marginalization.
Playing America’s Games: Mascots and the Color Line
At the 100th Anniversary Football Game between Yale and Dartmouth, the Yale Athletics department sparked controversy by printing posters with racist depictions of Native Americans.
The Failure of America’s First “Chinese Wall”
Jonah Bader explores the historical precedent for Trump’s Great Wall.
Mother Tongue: The Navajo Nation Revives Diné
Creosote, cholla, and palo-verde trees claim the American Southwest. A handful of interstates cut through horizons of sprawling, wispy vegetation. T’sah (sagebrush), K’ish (alder), and Tsédédééh (four o’clocks) bask in the desert sun. The eternal skyline is sporadically interrupted by…