Some Black and Indigenous people say freedom is unfinished business on the 250th Independence Day

In 1852 Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Now on the cusp of the nation’s 250th ...
Hyperallergic

The Sacred Waterways of Black and Indigenous Communities

MYSTIC, Conn. — A momentous exhibition at the Mystic Seaport Museum honors the ancestral knowledge and creative innovation that flow from Black and Indigenous communities’ sacred relationship to ...
AFRO American Newspapers

Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as U.S. remembers the American Revolution

The legacies of brave Black and Indigenous men of the American Revolution are coming to the forefront as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States.
AOL

Reparations are proposed for Black Californians. What about Indigenous people?

Angela Mooney D'Arcy, founder of the Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, poses during an event at Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park in Los Angeles. "People ask why I do anti-racism work ...
Forbes

First Major Retrospective For Black Indigenous Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Opening

“Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone” at the Peabody Essex Museum, the artist’s first major retrospective, includes 30 sculptures by Lewis from collections across the United States and abroad. Edmonia Lewis, ...
Times Union

Music Matters: Blackbraid leads Indigenous surge in black metal

Blackbraid is a solo project for black metal musician Sgah’gahsowáh and draws inspiration from Indigenous peoples' culture and lore. This weekend is significant. It’s a celebration and acknowledgement ...
Forbes

How The Mardi Gras Indians Honor The African And Indigenous Cultures Of New Orleans

Big Chief Demond Melancon wears his Red Cloud suit amongst other members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal Street stopped ...
The New Yorker

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement

Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...
Yahoo

UC Native Americans demand action against scholars claiming Indigenous roots without proof

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phenocia Bauerle, UC Berkeley director of Native American Student Development, is helping lead efforts to address growing cases of ...

Indigenous-run business quotas target 'black cladding'

Businesses looking to access contracts through a government Indigenous support program must now be majority First Nations ...
Boston Herald

Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as US remembers the American Revolution

LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Charlie Price says he didn’t learn much about the American Revolution in school. He knew about George Washington, the Battle of Bunker Hill and that the patriots won. It wasn’t ...