Not too long ago, the United States' explicit policy regarding Native Americans was one of termination. The ultimate goal was to marginalize, and ultimately eradicate, native people and their cultures. As a first step, the government stole native land and resources, murdered native families and, like cattle, herded the survivors...

We recently testified at the first meeting of the New York State Senate Select Committee on State-Native American Relations. A forum of this nature has long been missing in the state capitol. This new committee embodies what Senator George Maziarz and the other senators who serve on this...

Two disturbing developments recently hit my radar. The first was an announcement from Washington's NFL team that it's planning to change its name and logo. Okay, that seems innocuous enough. Washington Politicos? Nope. The new name is the Washington Jews. The re-worked logo is equally alarming: it consists of a...

A mere 46 years ago, the federal government orchestrated a series of events with generational consequences that can only be described as shameful. These actions, which included the forcible relocation of Native Americans, the burning of their age-old homesteads and the submergence of a third of their territory, parallel atrocities...

When is enough, enough? Native Americans have been asking this question for centuries. The answer is clear, at least as it relates to the systematic and unrelenting quest to strip Native communities of their lands, sovereignty and access to economic recovery: It's never enough.

The latest salvo in this unyielding...