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Hamilton Nolan · 03/10/14 04:19PM
"One-quarter of [American] Indian children live in poverty, versus 13 percent in the United States. They graduate high school at a rate 17 percent lower than the national average...Their experience with post-traumatic stress disorder rivals the rates of returning veterans from Afghanistan."
Canada Used Malnourished Aboriginal Kids as Test Subjects
Max Read · 07/18/13 11:04AM
The Canadian government conducted unethical nutrition studies on malnourished First Nations children in the 1940s and 50s, research by a food historian at the University of Guelph has revealed.
RNC Leader Says Governor Dishonored General Custer's Memory by Meeting With American Indians
Louis Peitzman · 08/25/12 01:02PMAmerican Indian Tribe Granted Right to Ceremonial Killing of Bald Eagle
Louis Peitzman · 03/17/12 02:13PM
The Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming is celebrating a recent federal government decision to let them capture or kill two bald eagles per year as part of a religious ceremony. The federal permit, which was granted March 9, was heavily debated, with animal rights activists questioning the necessity of killing bald eagles in the wild. In addition to being a beloved symbol of the U.S., the birds are a protected species.
Payday Lending: The Next Vice We Pawn Off on Native Americans
Hamilton Nolan · 02/10/11 04:10PM
We've already bestowed upon our nation's noble Indian tribes the gifts of untaxed cigarette sales and casino gambling operation. Now, a new revenue stream is set to gush forth unto sovereign Native Americans: payday lending.