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(The Two-Way) Dennis Banks, Native American activist and Wounded Knee occupier, dies at 80

Camila Domonoske, Oct. 30, 2017 • Banks was a founding member of the American Indian Movement and a leader of the armed occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973.

(Performing Arts) Film Te Ata tells real life story of prolific Native American performer Oct. 21, 2017 • Te Ata is about the true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a Chickasaw storyteller who was born and raised in the Chickasaw Nation. She became one of the greatest Native American performers ever.

Goodbye, for now, to a vital source of news (NPR, Sept. 24, 2017) Indian Country Today Media Network announced it would "cease active operations..." That leaves a big hole in news coverage by and about Native Americans..., those stories too often go untold -- or get distorted.

• Indian Country Today Media Network to cease...
  Editor's Note: As of Sept. 4, 2017, Indian Country Today Media Network...Without fairly paid good reporters were all much worse off...

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(Code Switch) Goodbye, for now, to a vital source for Native American news

Leah Donnella, Sept. 24, 2017 • Indian Country Today Media Network announced it would "cease active operations." That leaves a big hole in news coverage by, and about, Native Americans.

(Law)Partnership between drug giant and Native American tribe may affect patent challenges

David Sommerstein, Sept. 19, 2017 • NCPRA drug company and a native tribe in upstate New York have struck a deal to use the tribe's sovereign status to enhance the patent protection for the drug company's products. 

(Movie Reviews) A killing on a Native American reservation propels the mystery-thriller Wind River

David Edelstein, Aug. 3, 2017 • FALaw enforcement agents confront a grim scene on the frozen Wyoming landscape in Taylor Sheridan's new film. Critic David Edelstein says that despite some clumsy plotting, Wind River hits home.

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Code Switch

Poll: 6 in 10 black Americans say police unfairly stopped them or a relative

Joe Neel, Oct. 30, 2017 • A third of black Americans say they avoid calling the police when in need because of fear of discrimination. And nearly half say they or a family member have been treated unfairly by the courts.

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The Two-Way

Poll: 1 in 3 Latinos report discrimination based on ethnicity

Joe Neel, Nov. 1, 2017 • Latinos reported substantial discrimination across their lives, including interactions with the police, being slurred because of their race or ethnicity and in health care settings. 

Animals

Native Americans sue after US government says grizzly bears no longer rndangered July 16, 2017 • NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Ben Nuvamsa of the Hopi Tribe about a lawsuit by Native Americans challenging the federal government's de-listing of the grizzly bear as an endangered species. 

U.S.

Artist Louie Gong brings authentic Native American art to mainstream business

Marcie Sillman, July 16, 2017 • KUOW, Louie Gong is a Native American visual artist and designer who got his start decorating Vans sneakers. Today he's one of the most successful Native entrepreneurs in the country.