Articles for Native Indians

Scars of the past | Review of Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars, longlisted for Booker Prize 2024
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Scars of the past | Review of Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars, longlisted for Booker Prize 2024

The Hindu  

“Kill the Indian, save the man” — that’s what Brigadier-General Richard Henry Pratt, superintendent of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, meant by Americanising Native Indians. He notes the following about the Sand Creek massacre of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in 1864: “Everything that had been before what happened at Sand Creek went back inside the …

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Trump’s comments saying Native Americans ‘don’t look like Indians’ resurface after remarks about Harris’ heritage
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s comments saying Native Americans ‘don’t look like Indians’ resurface after remarks about Harris’ heritage

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Footage of Donald Trump complaining that Native American casino operators …

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Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty, who championed the cause of natives in Madras Presidency
9 months ago

Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty, who championed the cause of natives in Madras Presidency

The Hindu  

In 1869, at the Pachaiappa’s Hall in Madras, former Advocate-General John Bruce Norton spoke about a man instrumental in establishing the platform for native Indians in the Madras Presidency. The man was Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty, a political activist and merchant, who perhaps was the first to speak up for native Indians. The spectre of religious conversion loomed large over Gazulu’s …

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In wake of Indians’ decision, Blackhawks stay with team name
4 years, 3 months ago

In wake of Indians’ decision, Blackhawks stay with team name

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks are going to remain the Blackhawks and there is no sign of a change coming anytime soon. Speaking publicly for the first time since baseball’s Cleveland Indians announced Monday they plan to change their name, Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz reiterated the same message the team shared this summer after lingering questions about Native American team …

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Capitol Journal: In Newsom’s apology to Native Americans, California finally acknowledges the bigotry of its past
5 years, 9 months ago

Capitol Journal: In Newsom’s apology to Native Americans, California finally acknowledges the bigotry of its past

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, left, bows his head as Assemblyman James Ramos of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians opens a meeting Tuesday with tribal leaders from around the state at the future site of the California Indian Heritage Center in West Sacramento. In a Time Life book titled “The Indians of California,” there’s a passage that probably isn’t taught to …

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Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham among lawmakers seeking to honor Camden native and baseball great Larry Doby with Congressional Gold Medal
7 years, 11 months ago

Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham among lawmakers seeking to honor Camden native and baseball great Larry Doby with Congressional Gold Medal

Associated Press  

South Carolina’s two U.S. Senators and six other lawmakers want to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the late Larry Doby, a Camden native who was one of the first African Americans to play Major League Baseball. Seventy years after Doby broke into the majors – and now a few days into the 2017 baseball season, Scott wrote Tuesday in …

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