Articles by Kurly Tlapoyawa
Two years ago Lisa Iyotte, a rape survivor of Sicangu Lakota and White Clay descent, stood at a White House podium and explained why the Tribal Law and Order Act President
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March 22, 2012 // 0 Comments
The spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze. Bluffdale sits in a bowl-shaped valley in the
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March 22, 2012 // 0 Comments
For the vast majority of human history, the only form of government was the few ruling over the many. As human societies became settled and stratified, tribal chiefs and
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March 22, 2012 // 0 Comments
The recent opinion by White Earth Chair Erma J. Vizenor responding to the misinformation presented by fellow chairs Jourdain and LaRose, on behalf of MIGA, raises questions
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March 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
Indigenous leaders and organizations in Brazil and Abya Yala (APIB) are speaking out against official efforts to block them from participating in the upcoming United Nations
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March 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
In conservative quarters, the hug made famous this month by disciples of the late Andrew Breitbart was more than a hug — it was an embrace by a young Barack Obama of
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March 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
By mid-2011, the Obama Administration deported more people than Dwight D. Eisenhower under “Operation Wetback.” The Secure Communities (S-Comm) program is one of the
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March 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
A group of right-wing extremists in the United States would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of a
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March 20, 2012 // 0 Comments
At precisely 1:14 a.m. on March 20, the sun passed directly over the equator, marking the vernal equinox and the start of spring. That’s as simple astronomically as it
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March 20, 2012 // 0 Comments
A decade into the Afghan War, the atrocities by U.S. forces – whether accidental or intentional – keep piling up along with assurances from American leaders that
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March 19, 2012 // 0 Comments