Kerri J. Malloy

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A view of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument near Escalante, Utah. John Fowler from Placitas, New Mexico, U.S. via Wikimedia Commons

The US has acknowledged Bears Ears and Grand Staircase as sacred for over a century, but keeps stripping away protections

Kerri J. Malloy, San José State University

Native religions are tied to living landscapes, not points on a map. A scholar of Indigenous studies explains why reducing the protected area has profound religious and cultural consequences.
The Fort Gregg-Adams Religious Services Office held its first official Native American worship service at Heritage Chapel on the U.S. Army installation in Virginia on Aug. 10, 2024. Chad Menegay

Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible

Kerri J. Malloy, San José State University

The Pentagon recategorized Native religions as ‘other.’ A scholar of Native American and Indigenous Studies explains the implications of that change.
A museum curator removes a rare Native American Chumash basket from California, circa 1800, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., in 2003. MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

Universities returning Native American remains and artifacts isn’t just about physical objects – it’s about dignity and justice

Kerri J. Malloy, San José State University

Congress passed a law in 1990 mandating the return of all Native American items that federally funded institutions took without consent. Progress since then has been slow.

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