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Tara Houska

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Line 3 water protectors, just released on bond in Douglas County, Wisconsin, hold their fists high on August 29, 2017.
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Water Protector Legal Update: NoDAPL and Line 3

By Tara Houska
Water protectors at Standing Rock Sioux protests
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The FBI Likes Your Water Protectors Post Too: The Do’s and Don’ts

By Tara Houska
Runners in front of U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Native American youth are at the helm of a protest against a 1,168-mile long pipeline that would threaten their sacred land and drinking water.
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Native American Youth to Obama: 'Rezpect' Our Water

By Tara Houska
A Washington Post poll claims 9 out of 10 Native Americans have no problem with the name of the Washington football team. But it ignores the harm it inflicts on Native American youths, writes Tara Houska, Ojibwe.
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Houska: Regardless of WaPo Poll, Native Mascots Hurt Our Youth

By Tara Houska
Blessing from the Medicine Man by Howard Terpning, from the traveling exhibit Native Voices: Native People’s Concepts of Health.
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A Party By Any Other Name…The origin of “Pow wow” and its many variations

By Tara Houska
Simon Moya-Smith, ICTMN Culture Editor, above standing in Central Park in New York City, apocalyptically responds to a questionnaire about police brutality by the University of California-Berkeley.
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Houska: Answering a Police Brutality Survey While Native (APBSWN)

By Tara Houska
The Navajo Nation filed an amicus brief in support of Amanda Blackhorse and her fellow defendants in the case Pro-Football, Inc. v. Blackhorse.
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Houska: Navajo Nation Files Brief Against Washington NFL Team

By Tara Houska
Three generations of Boy Scout Troup 232 Koshare Dancers at the Koshare Indian Museum kiva on June 18, 2011.
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Houska: Boy Scout Koshare Dancers Need to Stop Stealing From Natives

By Tara Houska
A poster protesting Amherst College's mascot hangs in Robert Frost Library.
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Amherst College Drops Mascot Associated With Smallpox Blankets

By Tara Houska
Colorado State House Representative Joseph Salazar, above, is slated to introduce a bill that would effectively repeal Columbus Day from the state calendar.
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House Representative in Colorado Wants Columbus Day Gone, Opposition Fights to Keep It

By Tara Houska
Bella Aiukli Cornell of the Choctaw Nation participates in a 2015 pow wow. Cornell was called a 'squaw' by a male peer and fan of the racial slur 'redskins' during a school board meeting last month.
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'Get Off the Stage, Squaw!' 14-Year-Old Native American Is No Stranger to Racism

By Tara Houska
Winona LaDuke in 2014 with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls for the Washington DC Keystone XL Pipeline protest
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Winona LaDuke Announces Run for White Earth Tribal Chair

By Tara Houska
Indigenous peoples march from Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris on December 12, 2015, to the Pont des Arts or "Love Bridge" to raise awareness of climate change.
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Houska: Government Promises, COP21, and People's Power

By Tara Houska
The Lanham Act, a federal law that denies any trademark found to be disparaging, was ruled unconstitutional Tuesday by federal justices.
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Government Cannot Deny Disparaging Trademarks, Federal Circuit Rules

By Tara Houska
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WATCH: Standing Rock Sioux Brothers Film Documentary on Native American Mascots

By Tara Houska
The University of North Dakota voted Wednesday to abandon its Native American mascot and moniker, but it was no easy feat.
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Houska: Legislation, Litigation, and the Kitchen Sink, But the Fighting Sioux Mascot Is Done

By Tara Houska
Hundreds of young activists took to the streets on November 9 in Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of climate change as well as racial discrimination in the U.S.
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Houska: Native Youth Rally for Racial, Climate Justice in D.C.

By Tara Houska
Pres. Candidate Bernie Sanders Shares the Stage with Native Organizer Tara Houska
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Pres. Candidate Bernie Sanders Shares Stage with Native Organizer Tara Houska

By Tara Houska
Pres. Candidate Bernie Sanders Shares the Stage with Native Organizer Tara Houska
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Pres. Candidate Bernie Sanders Shares Stage with Native Organizer Tara Houska

By Tara Houska
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Fox Airs Parody Slamming 'Racist' Washington Football Team Name

By Tara Houska
On Thursday, Adidas joined the growing swell of momentum and announced a new initiative to offer its design resources to any high school wishing to change their Native American mascot.
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Obama Hails Adidas Stepping Up to End Indian Mascots

By Tara Houska
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WATCH: California High School Features Dancing R-Word Princess As Slur is Banned

By Tara Houska
Protesters march down University Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 18 in protest of the Kansas City Chiefs. The team was in town to play the Minnesota Vikings.
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Houska: Kansas City Chiefs Do Not Get a Pass

By Tara Houska
Lamar High School Savages, Lamar, Colorado
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Obama Initiative: Native American Mascots Can 'Potentially' Cause Harm

By Tara Houska
California is the first state in the country to ban the use of the racial slur 'redskins' at its public schools one day before a number of cities and states celebrate indigenous peoples instead of Christopher Columbus.
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Houska: California Ousts Native American Slur – Happy Indigenous Peoples Day, Indeed

By Tara Houska
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Houska: Trump Burns Native Americans Again

By Tara Houska
Tara Houska, Ojibwe, reports that the film "The Green Inferno" trivializes grassroots efforts to draw attention to the plight of Amazonian tribes.
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'The Green Inferno' Review: Lousy Film, Plenty Racist

By Tara Houska
A super PAC supporting GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush received a $100,000 contribution from Washington football team owner Daniel Snyder. Later, Bush said the team shouldn't change its name.
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Houska: Jeb Bush Says Native Americans Aren't Offended: Next Time Ask Us First

By Tara Houska
The Obamas visit the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation last summer.
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Houska: The Indian Problem Is Getting Worse – Isn't It Great?

By Tara Houska
Denver Police shoot and kill 35-year-old Paul Castaway, Lakota, in Denver on July 23. The officer who shot Castaway, Officer Traudt, will not be charged in the killing.
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Houska: Where Does the Death of Paul Castaway Leave Us?

By Tara Houska
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton [D-DC] has introduced a bill to prohibit the NFL from being exempt from federal antitrust laws if it continues to allow the Washington team to use the term “Redsk*ns.”
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Houska: Congresswoman Norton's Bill Takes Aim at Washington Football Team

By Tara Houska
Javier Yanez, 16, stands in front of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's house in Georgetown. On Tuesday, Native American youth and several organizations gathered in Washington, D.C. to protest the expansion of the Alberta Clipper pipeline.
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Houska: Youth Protest Sec. John Kerry's 'Shady Deal' for Tar Sands Oil

By Tara Houska
Racist portrayals of indigenous people are sadly all too common. The latest of such films is titled 'The Green Inferno,' slated for release on September 25, 2015.
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Houska: A 'Savage Cannibal' Movie in 2015? We Can Do Better

By Tara Houska
On Wednesday, the Saint Paul, Minnesota city council dropped Columbus Day for 'Indigenous Peoples Day.'
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Houska: Another City Just Dropped Columbus Day

By Tara Houska
A Cleveland Indians fan confronts Robert Roche, right, Chiricahua Apache, outside Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2014.
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Houska: Wall Street Journal Column Claims Mascots Honor Native Americans; I Beg To Differ

By Tara Houska
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Houska: Oak Flat Can Never Be Replaced

By Tara Houska
The Goshen mascot, above, is of a male wearing a Native American headdress. The Goshen Community Schools Board in Indiana voted Monday to repeal its R-word mascot and moniker by January 1, 2016.
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Houska: Indiana School Board the Latest to Drop R-Word as Its Mascot

By Tara Houska
Suzan Shown Harjo speaks on a panel about the Washington pro football team name and mascot during the 2015 Native American Journalists Association in Arlington, Virginia, on July 11.
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Houska: We Are NEVER Going Away (You Can Use All Caps)

By Tara Houska
Tara Houska, above, attends a protest of the Washington football team.
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Houska: An Open Letter to Educators: Indian Mascots Harm Your Students

By Tara Houska
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Houska: The Racial Wallpaper of Slavery and Genocide

By Tara Houska
Brett Brings Plenty, 14, an Oglala Lakota youth, participates in the People's Climate March in New York City in September 2014. Tara Houska, Ojibwe, said Native American hair is sacred, and it is a Native American's religious right to wear it long.
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Houska: Native American Hair is a Religious Right

By Tara Houska
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Houska: Federal Circuit Ruling Could Harm Blackhorse Case; NFL No Longer Tax-Exempt

By Tara Houska
Students from the Biloxi High School band from Mississippi parade through Washington, D.C. in headdresses.
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Houska: 'I Didn't Know' Doesn't Cut It Anymore

By Tara Houska
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Houska: Taking From Indians Is a Time-Honored American Tradition

By Tara Houska
Two young unidentified environmental activists protest the Keystone XL Pipeline outside the White House on January 3, 2015.
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Houska: Obama to Veto Keystone XL Pipeline Bill, But Will He Reject Permit?

By Tara Houska