The Old World/New World binary is the stepping off point for America’s master narrative, and through it all, it’s the Old World that transforms the new one. However, Native people are the ones being defeated in this narrative. They are the ones in retreat. They are being changed forever. […]
Since the late 1970s, Native Americans have successfully used the gaming industry to revitalize their communities and economies. However, state governments often engage them in a tug-of-war over gambling licenses and profit sharing. In such tense negotiations, does anyone come out on top? […]
In 1990, Congress passed the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act. It expanded tribal rights to reclaim the skeletal remains and funerary objects of their own ancestors from collectors such as museums. However, many cases have been settled in just the last five years. Why? […]
By Daniel M. Cob, PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Since the advent of colonialism in the late 15th century, Native Americans […]
For a very long time, non-Indians wrote as though Native American history began in 1492—set in motion, of course, by the so-called discovery of the New World. Let’s examine both the consequences of that narrative and the creation of new narratives that challenge it. […]
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