The Native American Struggle Timeline (2018)

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The Native American Struggle Timeline (2018)

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A (semi)comprehensive chronological collection of news articles detailing historical and contemporary events related to the struggles of Indigenous peoples in America.

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Indiana's newest casino — and first tribal casino — is now open in South Bend - IndyStar. January 16, 2018

WWII Reunion: Navajo Code Talkers 1 – Library of Congress January 24, 2018

WWII Reunion: Navajo Code Talkers 2 – Library of Congress January 25, 2018

Worcester v. Georgia | United States law case - Britannica January 25, 2018

Charles Brent Curtis, first Native American Congressional member – LIBRARY OF CONGRESS January 26, 2018

The long road to reconciliation - CBC News January 27, 2018

Hear the Untold Story of a Canadian Code Talker from World War II | Short Film Showcase – National Geographic January 28, 2018

Do you know what a powwow is? - CBC Kids January 29, 2018

Cleveland Indians to drop ‘Chief Wahoo’ logo criticized as racist – Reuters January 29, 2018

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Why does ‘race’ appear on your NC driver’s license? And why is it blank? - News Observer February 5, 2018

No Religious Freedom for Traditional Native Religions - Bekrely Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs February 20, 2018

Ira Hayes and the History Behind the Famous Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Photo – teenVOGUE February 23, 2018

How the tragic death of Tina Fontaine helped spark the MMIWG inquiry - Global News February 23, 2018

Bioterrorism: Should we be worried? - MedicalNewsToday February 28, 2018

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Suicides Among American Indian/Alaska Natives – National Violent Death Reporting System, 18 States, 2003-2014 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention March 2, 2018

When Native Americans Were Slaughtered in the Name of ‘Civilization’ - HISTORY March 2, 2018

How Native American Slaveholders Complicate the Trail of Tears Narrative – Smithsonian Magazine March 6, 2018

Kim O'Bomsawin reaches out with the documentary This Silence That Kills - Radio Canada March 9, 2018

How the Irish were complicit in Native American suffering – The Irish Times March 10, 2018

Enslaved Black People: The Part of the Trail of Tears Narrative No One Told You About - Atlanta Black Star March 17, 2018

Beyond 94: Where is Canada at with reconciliation? - CBC News March 19, 2018

Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada - CBC News March 19, 2018

Beyond 94: Where is Canada at with reconciliation? - CBC News March 19, 2018

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Indigiqueer storyteller Joshua Whitehead turns hope and frustration into literature - THIS April 3, 2018

President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law – The Washington Post April 10, 2018

Remembering Native American Lynching Victims – VOA April 25, 2018

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Recognizing the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls - U.S. Department of Justice Archives May 4, 2018

CBC podcast solves decades-old mystery of Saskatchewan girl lost in Sixties Scoop - CBC News May 7, 2018

Army plans to exhume remains of four Carlisle Indian School students – WHYY PBS NPR May 26, 2018

‘Barbaric’: America’s cruel history of separating children from their parents – The Washington Post May 31, 2018

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The new US policy of separating immigrant children from their parents has chilling historical echoes – Vox June 4, 2018

New Mexico Could Elect First Native American Woman to Congress – The New York Times June 6, 2018

The U.S. Could Be Getting Its First Native American Congresswoman in November - FORTUNE June 7, 2018

She Could Be the First Native American Woman in Congress. But This Single Mother Says She’s ‘Not Exceptional’ - TIME June 7, 2018

New Mexico Primary Election Results: First House District - The New York Times June 11, 2018

US army to return remains of Native American children a century after their deaths – The Guardian June 14, 2018

Donald Trump’s cruel immigration politics is a scam – Vox June 18, 2018

Experts say psychological impact of family separation on par with abuse – ABC News June 18, 2018

US Has Separated Families Throughout History – VOA June 20, 2018

Separating kids from parents at the border mirrors a ‘textbook strategy’ of domestic abuse, experts say – and causes irreversible, lifelong damage – Business Insider June 20, 2018

Other times in history when the U.S. separated families – Chicago Tribune June 20, 2018

Capitol Journal: Trump’s order to end his family separation policy was purely political – not a change of heart – Los Angeles Times June 21, 2018

As Sitting Bull in ‘Woman Walks Ahead,’ Michael Greyeyes continues to educate through Native roles - Los Angeles Times June 21, 2018

From slavery to “Indian schools” to internment camps, family separation is nothing new in America – salon June 22, 2018

'He's a political prisoner': Standing Rock activists face years in jail - The Guardian June 22, 2018

Actually, the US has a long history of separating families – CNN June 24, 2018

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name stripped from children’s book award over ‘Little House’ depictions of Native Americans – The Washington Post June 25, 2018

The long history of separating families in the US and how the trauma lingers – The Conversation June 26, 2018

Separating children from their families is part of America’s legacy – CNN June 28, 2018

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada - Government of Canada June 28, 2018

Thousands across U.S. join ‘Keep Families Together’ march to protest family separation – NBC News June 30, 2018

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America Was in the Business of Separating Families Long Before Trump – ACLU July 6, 2018

Ontario cancels curriculum rewrite that would boost Indigenous content - CBC News July 9, 2018

Navajo Nation urges expansion of radiation exposure law – The Salt Lake Tribune July 10, 2018

Standing Rock activist accused of firing at police gets nearly five years in prison - The Guardian July 11, 2018

Substance Use and Mental Health Issues among U.S.-Born American Indians or laska Natives Residing on and off Tribal Lands - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) July 22, 2018

Family separation: hundreds of migrant children still not reunited with families in US – NBC News July 26, 2018

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It’s been 70 years since court ruled Native Americans could vote in New Mexico – The Sante Fe New Mexican August 2, 2018

National Navajo Code Talkers Day – U.S. Department of the Interior August 7, 2018

Kansas Democrats pick Sharice Davids, a Native American and gay nominee, for House race – PBS NewsHour August 8, 2018

Ottawa to declare federal holiday to mark legacy of residential school system - CBC News August 15, 2018

Meet Deb Haaland, Likely to Be the First Native Woman Elected to Congress - Rolling Stone August 18, 2018

For Native Americans, seeing families separated at the US-Mexico border feels especially personal – Business Insider August 19, 2018

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Navigating Record Group 75: BIA Schools - NATIONAL ARCHIVES September 6, 2018

Statutory holiday 'a necessary step for reconciliation,' says Senator Murray Sinclair - CBC News September 9, 2018

Family separation policy repeats our dystopian past | Opinion September 10, 2018

When the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Hits Home - teenVOGUE September 11, 2018

American Indian Urban Relocation - NATIONAL ARCHIVES September 22, 2018

An Untold Number of Indigenous Children Disappeared at U.S. Boarding Schools. Tribal Nations Are Raising the Stakes in Search of Answers. – The Intercept September 25, 2018

Orange Shirt Day, National Day of Truth and Reconciliation are steps in right direction - CBC News September 28, 2018

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Why the US celebrates Columbus Day – Vox October 8, 2018

Supreme Court to hear questions in case of Ontario trucker acquitted in death of Edmonton woman - CBC News October 9, 2018

40 years ago we stopped the practice of separating American Indian families. Let’s not reverse course. – BROOKINGS October 11, 2018

Supreme Court Enables Mass Disenfranchisement of North Dakota’s Native Americans – ACLU October 12, 2018

Moosehide Campaign holds 3rd national gathering in Ottawa - CBC News October 18, 2018

Hopi Origin Story | Native America | Sacred Stories – PBS October 18, 2018

After Heidi Heitkamp Won a Senate Seat, North Dakota Republicans Made It Harder for Native Americans to Vote – October 19, 2018

Native American Is Not My Race-It’s Who I Am – Vice October 19, 2018

The controversies over claims to Native American ancestry – The Economist October 25, 2018

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AP Explains: How the Native American vote evolved – AP News November 1, 2018

How the Native American vote evolved – Great Falls Tribune November 1, 2018

Pow-wow: A Gathering of Dance and Fellowship | Native America - PBS November 2, 2018

Native American Democrat Debra Haaland beats GOP’s Janice Arnold-Jones, earns groundbreaking US House win in New Mexico - AP News November 6, 2018

Democrat Sharice Davids just beat Rep. Kevin Yoder in a key Kansas House race – Vox November 6, 2018

Democrats in Kansas, New Mexico Become First Native American Women Elected to Congress - TIME November 6, 2018

Nintendo to Remove Native American References From ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ – Variety November 7, 2018

Night of Firsts: Diverse Candidates Make History in Midterm Elections – The New York Times November 7, 2018

In 1868, Two Nations Made a Treaty, the U.S. Broke It and Plains Indian Tribes are Still Seeking Justice – Smithsonian Magazine November 7, 2018

Native American Rep.-Elect Deb Haaland Makes History With Congressional Win – wbur November 8, 2018

Ancient DNA confirms Native Americans' deep roots in North and South America - Science November 8, 2018

Ancient DNA reveals complex migrations of the first Americans - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC November 8, 2018

The Comanche and the Horse | Native America | Sacred Stories – PBS November 8, 2018

Life, Legend and Legacy of Pocahontas | POCAHONTAS LIFE & LEGACY SYMPOSIUM - C-SPAN November 14, 2018

Police In Many U.S. Cities Fail To Track Murdered, Missing Indigenous Women – NPR November 15, 2018

Did Colonists Give Infected Blankets to Native Americans as Biological Warfare? - HISTORY November 15, 2018

A few things you (probably) don’t know about Thanksgiving - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC November 20, 2018

Carlisle and the Indian Boarding School Legacy in America – Pulitzer Center November 21, 2018

What Really Happened at the 1st Thanksgiving – VOA November 22, 2018

TRC heard concerns about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women, says Murray Sinclair - CBC News November 22, 2018

She worked in suicide prevention. Then one day she had to save herself. – USA Today November 28, 2018

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BROKEN PROMISES: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans – U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS December 2018

Native American imagery is all around us, while the people are often forgotten - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC December 2018

Residential school survivors' stories motivated people to make Canada better, says Murray Sinclair - CBC News December 4, 2018

21 of the most important human rights milestones in the last 100 years - INSIDER December 7, 2018

A Single GOP Congressman Is Blocking A Bill To Help Abused Native Women - Huffington Post December 17, 2018

Report: US fails in funding obligation to Native Americans – AP News December 20, 2018

Congress strips blood quantum requirement from Stigler Act - Tahlequah DAILY PRESS December 21, 2018

A Cree doctor's caring approach for transgender patients - CBC News December 23, 2018

How Native Americans adopted slavery from white settlers | Opinion - Al Jazeera December 27, 2018

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