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Eighth Machine Gun Cavalry in action on the Mexican border. | Library of Congress
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Aung San Suu Kyi Greeting Supporters
Aung San Suu Kyi gained worldwide recognition – and the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize – for steadfastly championing the principles of democracy. Today, it remains to be seen if Suu Kyi will accept responsibility for the fate of her country's Rohingya people.
Iron Eyes Cody, born the Sicilian Actor TK, provides a convenient example of the Ecological Indian stereotype.
To call Native peoples the "original environmentalists" is to mischaracterize their actual relationship to the land.
California's housing crisis is spreading to the middle class | photo by Nick Bastian via flickr
The Golden State Faces a Massive Shortage of Residential Real Estate. So Why Aren’t Builders Building?
Urban homesteader Jules Dervaes passed away in Dec. 2016 at the age of 69. | photo Kirk McCoy for Getty Images
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Pioneering Urban Homesteader Has Passed Away
Name-brand cannabis products are on display at a dispensary in Sacramento called A Therapeutic Alternative | photo by Laurel Rosenhall
Proposed Law Would Award Trademarks for Pot Products
Acorn woodpecker at granary
Native artisans face the challenge of protecting threatened bird species while preserving their cultural traditions.
Demonstration for Timbisha Shoshone homeland restoration, May 26, 1996. | Photo: Courtesy of Death Valley National Park Archives.
In 2000, environmentalists blew a chance to support traditional Native practices restoring the landscape of Death Valley.
Mast`o Musir
Explore the kitchens of nostalgic grandmothers and the backyards of native peoples, as you reflect on the role of food in shaping our worldview and preserving our cultures.
While making a gnocchi-like dessert, Iva and her grandmother discuss Iva's difficult assimilation when she migrated from Yugoslavia to the island of Cyprus, and how her grandmother's frequent visits to Cyprus made it more like home.
Protesters from a 1963 Woolworth's sit-in discuss the event and the frustration leading up to it.
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This film examines the imbalance and waste created by the dueling desires to save time while consuming less.
We Sing, We Pray
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A dual gender Native American describes their life as a healer despite health concerns.
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