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News Coverage of Native Peoples

The following news stories cover Native Peoples' concepts of health and illness as well as public policy issues of importance within Native communities. The National Library of Medicine selected these news stories to appear within the Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness Exhibition. All are used with the publisher's permission. Some articles are recent award winners in the Native American Journalism Association's news excellence competition and also are used by permission. The news stories are organized by publication with an online viewing link where possible. The articles that require a subscription to the publication or are not accessible to view online are indicated.

* Article is not accessible for online viewing
† Article is accessible online but requires a subscription to that specific newspaper

Anchorage Daily News

Richard Maurer - 1988 Barrow whale rescue: the real story (February 3, 2012)
http://www.adn.com/2012/02/02/2297759/1988-barrow-whale-rescue-the-real.html

Kyle Hopkins – 66 teams hit the trail for Nome (March 3, 2013) †
http://www.adn.com/2013/03/02/2809426/zirkle-and-moore-share-dogs-and.html

Zaz Hollander – A learning experience (February 24, 2013) †
http://www.adn.com/2013/02/26/2803636/handlers-perform-unglamorous-tasks.html

Lew Freedman – Adventures begin (March 3, 2013) †
http://www.adn.com/2013/03/02/2809537/iditarod-mushers-hit-the-trail.html

Kyle Hopkins - Ambushed on trial (February 26, 2012)
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/159913#storylink=misearch

Mike Dunham - An Alaska original (October 28, 2011)*

Joseph Robertia – Aquatic invader (February 17, 2013) †
http://www.adn.com/2013/02/17/2792619/recently-discovered-elodea-plant.html

Mary Beth Smetzer - Athabascan matriarch remembered (September 19, 2011)
http://www.adn.com/2011/09/18/2075494/athabascan-matriarch-hannah-solomon.html

Grant Schulte - Beer companies sued by tribe (February 10, 2012)*

Richard Mauer – Begich comments on voting stir critics (March 11, 2013) †
http://www.adn.com/2013/03/10/2820072/debate-over-ease-of-voting-in.html

Sarah James - Caribou protection vital to a way of life (September 21, 2011)
http://www.adn.com/2011/09/20/2079404/caribou-protection-vital-to-a.html

Mike Dunham - Dazzling display (February 26, 2012)
http://www.adn.com/2012/02/25/2337191/exhibit-connects-native-polynesian.html

Michael Carey - Do-rag man has last word at a funeral in Fairbanks (September 24, 2011)*

Kevin Klott – Going with the flow (February 24, 2013) †
http://www.adn.com/2013/02/26/2803440/mushers-learn-quickly-that-they.html

Reba Lean - Honoring Solomon (September 24, 2011)
http://www.adn.com/2011/09/23/2084549/hundreds-attend-fairbanks-service.html

Kyle Hopkins - Iditarod champ Baker opens up to native youth (November 14, 2011)
http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/158382#storylink=misearch

Mike Dunham - Illegal feathers snare prize-winning Tlingit artist (October 16, 2012)
http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/158382#storylink=misearch

Kevin Klott – Inspiration can be Ugly (February 24, 2013) †
http://www.adn.com/2013/02/26/2803663/petits-fuzzy-pet-doesnt-hit-the.html

Craig Giammona - Kotzebue teen leads the charge to prevent suicides (January 29, 2012)
http://www.adn.com/2012/10/15/2661657/native-alaskan-artist-told-his.html

Mike Dunham - Light and legend (February 3, 2012)
http://www.adn.com/2012/01/28/2288493/light-and-legend-glass-artist.html

Kyle Hopkins and Beth Bragg – Marathon ends in a sprint (March 13, 2013)*

Kyle Hopkins – Murkowski, Young support Native fishing rights (October 20, 2012)
http://www.adn.com/2012/10/19/2665956/murkowski-and-young-criticize.html

Kyle Hopkins and Beth Bragg – No room for error (March 12, 2013)
http://www.adn.com/2013/03/11/2821520/seavey-in-the-lead.html

Kyle Hopkins – Norwegian rookie is right on time (March 12, 2013)*

Kyle Hopkins - The art of making akutaq (September 30, 2012)
http://www.adn.com/2012/09/28/2692737/first-some-advice-dont-cook-angry.html#storylink=misearch

Kyle Hopkins – The home team (February 26, 2013) †
http://www.adn.com/2013/02/25/2802390/iditarod-rookies-sled-dogs-are.html

Beth Bragg – ‘We’re not women; we’re mushers’ (March 3, 2013)
http://www.adn.com/2013/03/02/2809474/and-theyre-off-66-mushers-begin.html

Kyle Hopkins - Where English, Yup'ik meet (October 14, 2012)
http://www.adn.com/2012/10/13/2660040/western-alaska-radio-listeners.html#storylink=misearch

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Cherokee Phoenix

Will Chavez - Adair country landfill reopening brings concerns (June 2009)
http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/2919

Travis Snell - Art act in effect at holiday (September 2008)
http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/2294

Jami Custer - Cherokee nation studies Hastings management (February 2008)
http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/2004

Travis Snell - Councilor wrongly barred Phoenix video (December 2008)
http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/2435

Christina Good Voice - Family overcomes obstacles to get house (February 2009)
http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Docs/PDF/2009/2009-02-01.pdf

Will Chavez - Indians can't ignore diabetes’ dangers (May 2009)*

Jami Custer - Mother teaches 3 sons weaving tradition (February 2009)
http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/2504

Christina Good Voice - Rising fuel costs hit citizens’ budgets (June 2008)*

Christina Good Voice - The perils of payday loans (March 2008)*

Travis Snell - U.S. Senate sees the light (April 2008)*

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Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Tribune

Dana Attocknie - Living legends: Kathryn Hoffman (July 1, 2009)
http://www.c-a-tribes.org/Websites/michaelwood/Images/Newspapers/NewsPaper%202009/July_1st_2009_Issue.pdf

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Fond du Lac Reservation News

Deborah Locke - Buckthorn be gone (November 2009)*

Deborah Locke - More rez adventures with the Indian scout (January 2008)*

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High Country News

Debra Krol - Cultural blight (July 20, 2009)
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.12/cultural-blight

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Honolulu Star- Advertiser

Gary T. Kubota - 22 Arrested at Palace (November 8, 2011)*

Mary Vorsino – A Program In Recovery (March 4, 2013) †
http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=194749971

Derrick DePledge - Akaka Oks Native Hawaiian recognition strategy (October 30, 2011)*

Andrew Gomes – Dual preservation (March 3, 2013) †
http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=194484681

Vicki Viotti – Life’s Tough Choices (October 30, 2011) †
http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=132844928&id=132844928

Susan Essoyan - Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander population swells (May 9, 2012) †
http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=150733815

Gordon Y. K. Pang - Restoration of Heiau in Waianae combines cleanup and culture (September 25, 2011)*

Nina Wu - Restoring the lands (September 30, 2011)*

Mary Vorsino - Some say summit failed to project the spirit of Hawaii to global (November 14, 2011)*

Cindy Luis – The first. The best. (July 15, 2012)*

Dan Nakaso - The future of Kalaupapa (September 18, 2011)*

Jim Borg – W.M. Keck Observatory (March 13, 2013) †
http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=197717121&id=197717121

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Indian Country Today

Tanya Lee - A Shot in the Arm For Med Students (July 6/13, 2011)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/former-ihs-doctor-establishes-scholarship-for-american-indian-students-40433

Konnie Lemay – Answering the call (July 4/11, 2012)*

Katsi Cook - At the center, native women (July 18, 2009)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2009/07/18/cook-at-the-center-native-women-84171

Terri Hansen - Climate change, drought transforming Navajo’s dunescape to a dust bowl (November 27, 2009)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2009/11/27/climate-change-drought-transforming-navajo%25e2%2580%2599s-dunescape-to-a-dust-bowl-83769

Rob Capriccioso - First lady’s interior visit highlights lack of native press access (February 13, 2009)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2009/02/13/first-lady%25e2%2580%2599s-interior-visit-highlights-lack-of-native-press-access-83691

Charles Trimble - Let go the chains of victimhood (August 18, 2008)*

Rob Capriccioso - Native press lacks equal access to presidential campaigns (August 18, 2008)*

Kara Briggs - New tack for Indian health care (September 12, 2008)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2008/08/29/briggs-new-tack-for-indian-health-care-79515

Tristan Ahtone – Poison on tap (June 13, 2012)*

Valerie Tailman - Selling the sacred (October 13, 2009)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/selling-the-sacred

Carol Craig – Silenced, but not forgotten (June 13, 2012)*

Stephanie Woodard – Spiritual Listening (March 6, 2013)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/01/17/alaska-natives-tackle-youth-suicide-lessons-land-147028

Eisa Ulen Richardson - The Grains Did It! (August 22, 2012)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/study-of-remains-of-the-pueblo-reveals-causes%25e2%2580%2594and-possible-cures%25e2%2580%2594for-diabetes-epidemic-130651

Kevin Taylor – The Shaman’s Cure (May 2, 2012)*

Lee Allen – Totemic travel (July 4/11, 2012)*

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Ka Wai Ola

Lynn Cook – Art on the rocks (November 2011)
http://www.oha.org/sites/default/files/KWO1111_issuu.pdf (PAGE 31 on PDF)

Peter Apo – Herb Kane- nation builder (July 2011)
http://www.oha.org/sites/default/files/KWO1107_%2Bissuu.pdf (PAGE 27 on PDF)

Kathy Muneno – Herb Kane to receive posthumous award (October 2011)
http://www.historichawaii.org/n_02/koy/KaWaiOla_HerbKane.pdf

Author Unknown – Native Hawaiian Health Fact Sheet 2011 (October 2011)*

Author Unknown – Seeking Sanctuary (December 2012)
http://www.oha.org/ka-wai-ola/kekemapa-2012

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Lakota Country Times

Charles Trimble - IYESKA: Notes from mixed-blood country (April 29, 2009)
http://www.lakotacountrytimes.com/news/2009-04-29/Voices/010.html

Roseanna Renaud - Viet Nam vet seeks military benefits (May 6, 2009)
http://www.lakotacountrytimes.com/news/2009-05-06/local_news/033.html

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Navajo Times

Noel Lyn Smith – A life of service (July 5, 2012)
http://www.navajotimes.com/entertainment/2012/0712/070512wil.php

Cindy Yurth - A new suicide prevention tool is tailored to Diné (October 18, 2012) *

Marley Shebala – ‘All I could do was pray’ (October 6, 2011)
http://navajotimes.com/news/2011/1011/101011silverstar.php

Duane A. Beyal - Arrogance and fear (September 10, 2009)
http://www.navajotimes.com/opinions/2009/0909/091009arrogance.php

Marley Shebala - Asbestos fine reduced? (May 21, 2009)
http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2009/0509/052109asbestos.php

Cindy Yurth - Dine author shares her story during fair (September 17, 2009)*

Chee Brossy - FBI too harsh in artifacts sting? (July 9, 2009)
http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2009/0709/070909sting.php

Noel Lyn Smith – ‘Language is important’ (May 17, 2012)
http://navajotimes.com/news/2012/0512/051712tso.php

Chee Brossy - Looking for my family (June 25, 2009)
http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2009/0609/062509orphan.php

Cindy Yurth - No relief (May 1, 2008)*

Jason Begay - Plenty of blame in BCDS boondoggle (May 29, 2008)*

Alysa Landry – Senate votes, 78-22, to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act (February 14, 2013)
http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2013/0213/021413vaw.php

Marley Shebala - Stiffed by the speaker? (September 25, 2008)
http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2008/0908/092408legislative.php

Cindy Yurth – Silver Anniversary: Hopis commemorate their medalist with – what else? – a footrace (August 16, 2012)*

Jason Begay - Study dissects how, where tribe went wrong with OnSat (October 29, 2009)
http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2009/1009/102909onsat.php

Cindy Yurth - Targeting the Confluence (June 14, 2012)
http://navajotimes.com/news/2012/0612/061412con.php

Jason Begay - Teaching thick fingers to weave (July 23, 2009)
http://www.navajotimes.com/entertainment/2009/0709/072309weave.php

Bill Donovan - The riot of ’89 (July 16, 2009)
http://navajotimes.com/news/2009/0709/071609riot.php

Marley Shebala - Top officials not charged (March 27, 2008)*

Bill Donovan – Tribe considers running its own Medicaid program (February 14, 2013)
http://www.navajotimes.com/politics/2013/0213/021413med.php

Colleen Keane – Tribes unhappy with NM’s choice of Medicaid providers (February 14, 2013)
http://www.navajotimes.com/politics/2013/0213/021413med.php

Marley Shebala - Turmoil in Window Rock (October 29, 2009)*

Colleen Keane – Victims’ advocates: VAWA passage sorely (February 14, 2013)
http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2013/0213/021413vaw.php

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Osage News

Shannon Shaw - Chief Jim Gray sues six members of Congress for controversial meeting (November 2009) *

Shannon Shaw - Indian Country Responding to Osage’s Designs (December 2008) *

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Pavement Pieces

Rachel Morgan - The forgotten Navajo: A family’s pain (October 16, 2009)
http://pavementpieces.com/the-forgotten-navajo-a-familys-pain/

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Potawatomi Traveling Times

Michelle Spaude - Half marathon completed (June 1, 2009) *

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The Eastern Door

Steve Bonspiel - Mclvor decision is a big one (November 20, 2009) *

Timmy Norton - Sacred Mohawk land returned (October 12, 2012) *

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The New York Times

Timothy Williams - $1 Million Each Year for All, As Long as Tribe’s Luck Holds (August 9, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/us/more-casinos-and-internet-gambling-threaten-shakopee-tribe.html?pagewanted=all

Nicholas D. Kristof - A Battle with the Brewers (May 5, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/opinion/sunday/kristof-a-battle-with-the-brewers.html?_r=1

Williams Yardley – A Northwest Journey by Canoe To Reconnect With the Old Ways (July 25, 2011)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/us/25canoe.html

Dan Frosch – A Repository For Eagles Finds Itself In Demand (May 5, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/us/a-repository-for-eagles-finds-itself-in-demand.html?pagewanted=all

Patricia Leigh Brown - A vision of reviving tribal ways In a remote corner of California (March 19, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/us/yurok-indian-traditions-to-be-revived-in-new-village.html?pagewanted=all

Luiz F. Edmond - Alcohol and the reservation: Anheuser-Busch’s View (May 9, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/opinion/alcohol-and-the-reservation-anheuser-buschs-view.html

Sharon Otterman – Complex emotions with naming of first American Indian Saint (July 25, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/nyregion/complex-emotions-as-kateri-tekakwitha-is-named-a-saint.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Robert D. McFadden – Daniel Inouye, Hawaii’s Quiet Voice of Conscience in Senate, Is Dead at 88 (December 18, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/us/daniel-inouye-hawaiis-quiet-voice-of-conscience-in-senate-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Dan Frosch – Focus on Preserving Heritage Can Limit Foster Care for Indians (January 27, 2013)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/us/focus-on-heritage-hinders-foster-care-for-indians.html

Timothy Williams - For Native American women, scourge of rape, rare justice (May 23, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/us/native-americans-struggle-with-high-rate-of-rape.html?pagewanted=all

Bret Schulte – For Pacific Islanders, hopes and troubles in Arkansas (July 5, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/us/for-marshall-islanders-hopes-and-troubles-in-arkansas.html

Byron Dorgan - Helping Native Americans (May 17, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/opinion/helping-native-americans.html

Judith H. Dobrzynski - Honoring art, honoring artists (February 6, 2011)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E4DF1E39F935A35751C0A9679D8B63&pagewanted=all

Frank LaMere, Aneel Karnani, Waheed Hussain, and Richard B.- How to address alcoholism on Indian reservations by (May 16, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/05/16/how-to-address-alcoholism-on-indian-reservations

Jonathan Weisman – Measure to Protect Women Stuck on Tribal Land Issue (February 10, 2013)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/us/politics/violence-against-women-act-held-up-by-tribal-land-issue.html?_r=0

Rachel Donadio - Pope Canonizes 7 Saints, Including 2 With New York Ties (October 22, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/nyregion/pope-canonizes-kateri-tekewitha-and-marianne-cope.html

Nicholas D. Kristof - Poverty’s poster child (May 10, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/kristof-povertys-poster-child.html

Robert D. McFadden - Russell Means, Who Clashed With Law As He Fought for Indians, Is Dead at 72 (October 23, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/us/russell-means-american-indian-activist-dies-at-72.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Timothy Williams – Seeking to Stem Endless Abuse of Tribe’s Children (September 20, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/us/us-steps-in-as-child-sex-abuse-pervades-sioux-tribe.html?pagewanted=all

Jack Healy - Tapping Into the Land, And Dividing Its People (August 16, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/us/montana-tribe-divided-on-tapping-oil-rich-land.html?pagewanted=all

The Editorial Board – The Sequester Hits the Reservation (March 20, 2013)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/opinion/the-sequester-hits-the-indian-health-service.html

Dan Frosch - Tribe Looks to End Old Exile, but Casino Plans Lead to Conflict (November 18, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/us/fort-sill-apache-tribes-casino-plans-lead-to-conflict.html

Timothy Williams - Washington Steps Back From Policing Indian Lands, Even as Crime Rises (November 13, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/us/as-crime-rises-on-indian-lands-policing-is-cut-back.html

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The Seattle Times

Parka Bock - Canoe culture (May 4, 2008) *

Ross Anderson – Forest’s future in the balance (September 25, 2011)
http://seattletimes.com/html/realestate/2016289646_realportgamble25.html

Mark Niesse - Hawaiian group demands monarchy be restored (June 20, 2008) *

Beverly Beyette - Molokai, “the last Hawaiian place” (November 18, 2007) *

Mary Ann Gwinn – Wetlands vanishing (April 24, 1991)
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910424&slug=1279310

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The Southern Ute Drum

Jeremy Wade Shockley - Solix: Fueling a better world (August 14, 2009)
http://www.southern-ute.nsn.us/DRUM/pdf/090814DRUM/090814DRUM_PDF.pdf

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The Wall Street Journal

Jim Carlton – A Big-Sky Battle Over Bison (July 26, 2012) †
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444097904577539681932081986.html?KEYWORDS=A+big-sky+battle+over+bison

Tamara Audi - A canyon separates foes in grand battle (March 23, 2012) †
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812904577297351430100784.html

Justin Scheck - A land claim with strings attached (November 15,2011) †
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904577018211756323458.html

Ana Campoy - A Tussle Over Sacred Land (October 17, 2012)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444657804578053091115540244.html

Gary Fields and John R. Emshwiller – As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt Declines (September 27, 2011)†
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576570801651620000.html

Terry L. Anderson - At last, some bright spots in Indian country (March 23-24, 2012) †
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304692804577281890450646580.html

Joel Millman - Name Ban Sparks Tribes' Ire (May 25, 2012)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304065704577424632131650696.html

Lee Rosenbaum – Native, North American, New (August 15, 2011)†
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443343704577549263532916868.html

Mike Spector – Proposed Foxwoods Deal Is Gamble for Creditors (August 15, 2011)†
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904823804576504750664008590.html

Jack Nicas – Shale-Oil Boom Divides Reservation (March 1, 2013) †
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323293704578331030315441350.html

Lee Rosenbaum - Shows that defy stereotypes (March 15, 2011) †
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559604576176511431781844.html

Ben Cohen - Snow job: ski resorts call on higher authorities to save season (January 20, 2012) †
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204468004577167042382438200.html

Nathan Koppel – Tribe fights with slaves’ kin (July 17, 2012) †
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303292204577519000907248734.html?KEYWORDS=nathan+koppel

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The Washington Post

Kate Darby Rauch - How Indian youth defeat addictions (March 10, 1992) *

Lyndsey Layton – In Montana, an Indian reservation’s children feel the impact of sequester’s cuts (March 21, 2013)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-montana-an-indian-reservations-children-feel-the-impact-of-sequesters-cuts/2013/03/21/90b61722-916e-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html

Joby Warrick & Juliet Eilperin - Retreating Arctic Ice opens way to resources (May 16, 2011) *

Michael McCarthy - The myth of the drunken Indian (September 22, 1992) *

David Treuer - Warren says she’s Native American. So she is. (May 6, 2012)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/elizabeth-warren-says-shes-native-american-so-she-is/2012/05/04/gIQAn31z1T_story.html

Wendy Melillo - Why are the Pima Indians sick? (March 30, 1993) *

DeNeen Brown - One nation? (July 24, 2011) *

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Time

Vaughn Wallace, The Mohawk Ironworkers: Rebuilding the Iconic Skyline of New York. Time LightBox (September 11, 2012)
http://lightbox.time.com/2012/09/11/the-mohawk-ironworkers-rebuilding-the-iconic-skyline-of-new-york/#1

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Tribal College Journal

Mary Annette Pember - The red road to green (Winter 2008) †
http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org/archives/4510

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Wisconsin State Journal

Jason Stein - Down to a whisper (June 1-3, 2008)
http://host.madison.com/app/interactive/language/

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