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Editor’s Note: This commentary was published in observance of the Fourth of July holiday in 2015. Native News Online is republishing it again this year.
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- By Mark Charles
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Opinion. The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 6 ruling on Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. San Carlos Apache Tribe suit was lauded as a victory for tribes and tribal organizations across Indian Country.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. In a story that is repeated every spring, another high school student (Native American) was forced to remove their mortar board at graduation because they had used an eagle feather with the tassel in addition to other beading additions. This time, May 2024, it occurred in a place that should have known better (or responded better) — Farmington, New Mexico just outside the Navajo Nation.
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- By Professor Victoria Sutton
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Guest Opinion. The Cherokee Nation strives to be a great place to work, because we want the best and brightest to serve our community. In recent years, Cherokee Nation has made substantial investments in improving our work environment. Today, the Cherokee Nation government employs more 5,300 workers and Cherokee Nation Businesses more than 9,100. They bring their passion and skills every day and are deeply committed the success of our tribal nation.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Opinion. Politics has gotten quite nasty this election season.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. The governmental practice of making Native Americans disappear, or to be invisible ensures there is no land to claim or fraudulent land transfers to be revealed. If you can erase the evidence of their existence, then you can say they were “never here” and colonial hedonism can prevail.
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- By Professor Victoria Sutton
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Guest Opinion. Juneteenth marks a joyous moment in American history — the final emancipation of enslaved African Americans. This day, recognized every year on June 19, is a celebration of freedom and mark on our national journey toward equality and reconciliation with our difficult past. For the Cherokee Nation, Juneteenth is especially profound as we celebrate an important moment for the United States and also reflect on our own history.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Guest Opinion. The story of Louis Tewanima, Hopi,a two-time U.S. Olympian, is a paradox of sorts: a contradiction between the policy of forced assimilation of Native peoples in America by the federal government, and the heroic feats of Tewanima who ably represented the United States; despite being held as “prisoner of war”; and while arguably, not a “legal” citizen of the United States.
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- By Benjamin Nuvamsa
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Editor's Note: This opinion was first published on June 19, 2021. It has been updated and is being republished today as the nation celebrates the Juneteenth federal holiday.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. From the mid-seventeenth century till the early twentieth century, Indian boarding schools were used as a tool to assimilate Native American children away from their rich culture. Yet, for far too long, the history, policies, and devastating impacts of these schools have been unknown. As an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and the longest serving Native American in the House of Representatives, it is not lost on me the duty I have to educate and spread awareness about Indian boarding schools and other tribal issues.
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- By Tom Cole