Native Americans

2009

Obama for America's Gallup Pol

Elizabeth Méndez Berry : Activism & Organizing

Nadine Padilla organized for Obama in Native American communities. Now she's passing her skills on to others.
Radioactive Revival in New Mexico

Shelley Smithson : Environment

Navajos say "No!" as the return of uranium mining threatens to despoil their lands and health.

Divided States

Peter Schrag : Immigration to the US

A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.

Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge

Alexander Cockburn : Science

These days, even London and Paris seem a bit like North Korea.
Farewell, Sweet Ice

Matthew Gilbert : Global Warming & Climate Change

Melting ice is threatening the centuries-old society of the Gwich'in tribes.

Mad Mel and the Maya

Earl Shorris : Film

Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.
Biker Mecca on Sacred Ground

Anne Keala Kelly : Religion

Native American activists are braced for a tense summer, as a motorcycling entrepreneur goes forward with plans for a resort that will draw hundreds of thousands of bikers to the sacred site of Bear Butte.
On Native Grounds

Daniel Lazare : History

Alan Taylor's Divided Ground examines how land-grabbing settlers destroyed Indian society and how postrevolutionary politicians speeded their demise.
Dances With Ghosts

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich : Environmental Activism

As the House of Representatives voted to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich decried the back-door methods and contemplated the impact on the indigenous Gwich'in people.

Frontier Injustice

Anatol Lieven : Executive

In Andrew Jackson: A Life and Times, the frontier president is cast as a one-man beacon for democracy. But Jackson's core belief was a fervent defense of land.
A Losing Gamble

David Rubenstein : Republican Party

Minnesota's GOP looks to cut taxes and build more casinos instead.

First Nations in the 21st Century

Habiba Alcindor

The largest gathering ever of Native Americans in the nation's capital greets the opening of the NMAI.
DeLay on the Hot Seat

Jack Newfield : Corporate Influence in Washington

Two investigative bombs with long fuses are sizzling under Tom DeLay, America's Machiavelli of gerrymandering.
Ralph Reed's Gamble

Jack Newfield : Lobbies/PACs

The Legacy of Hanford

Robert Alvarez : Radioactive Waste/Contamination

Washington continues to evade responsibility for forty-seven years of contamination.