Cherokees across the US are working to revitalize their language.
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Many claims to Cherokee identity are unsubstantiated, and this actively harms Indigenous sovereignty, distorts understandings of Indigeneity and enables appropriation of Indigenous rights and resources.
Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power.
Restoring Clingmans Dome to its original name of Kuwohi is a significant example of place name repatriation, or the return of an Indigenous name to a particular place or landscape.
Danielle Smith’s grasp of Indigenous issues seems rooted not in genuine allyship and justice but in the appropriation of Indigenous experiences to advance white grievance politics.
The right is explicitly laid out in the same treaty that led to the Trail of Tears.
Oklahoma is a place of trauma that cuts much deeper than anything on ‘Tiger King,’ which is essentially poverty porn for people who like to see people make hot messes of themselves.
President Trump hinted that he would defy a Supreme Court ruling recently, though he later yielded to its authority. Andrew Jackson – Trump’s hero – likewise challenged the rule of law in the 1830s.
Donald Trump’s comments have put historic prejudices right in the limelight.
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Cherokee Nation citizen, Professor of Critical Indigenous Studies and English, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor in History, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Alberta
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Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, University of Connecticut
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Visiting Honors Lecturer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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Derek H. Alderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Cherokee Language Expert Translator, Western Carolina University
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Assistant Professor, History, Coventry University
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Professor of Anthropology, Wake Forest University