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The TSA apologized after an agent pulled a Native American passenger's braid and said "giddyup!" during a pat down
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Tara Houska was going through security at the Minneapolis airport on Monday when she said an agent humiliated her by whipping her braids.

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Thousands of koalas burn to death as Australia fears native wildlife may never recover from bush fire disaster
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At least 25,000 koalas are believed to have died in a horrific wildfire in South Australia that may have devastating consequences for the survival of the species.   The fire on Kangaroo Island, which was considered a koala safe-have because its population had escaped a devasting Chlamydia epidemic, was described as “virtually unstoppable” on Saturday by firefighters. […]

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Native Americans Have Little to Celebrate on Thanksgiving
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Bettmann/GettyWhile I have been researching and writing a Wampanoag-centered history of Plymouth Colony and the Thanksgiving holiday, my conversations with Native people have opened my eyes to some profound lessons about their past and present. These teachings have particular resonance this Thanksgiving season as the United States continues to struggle with white nationalism, the importance […]

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Trial to begin for Omoyele Sowore, a New Jersey journalist imprisoned in his native Nigeria
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Omoyele Sowore, a journalist held in a Nigerian prison since August, is set to go on trial Wednesday as his wife and supporters anxiously await news.

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Wombat killing: Footage of car hitting and killing native animal in Tasmania
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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Mobile phone footage shows wombat hit by a four-wheel-drive in Tasmania. The wombat is seen hanging off the car’s bull bar.

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Chicago native climbs Mount Everest, witnesses traffic jam aftermath
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For a brief time, Alex Pancoe stood on top of the world over 29,000 feet high at the summit of Mt. Everest.

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Native American Lore: The Giants Of The Northern Rockies – Texas Cryptid Hunter
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Taking a break from setting up trailcams to capture alien black panthers in the act, Michael Mayes flexes his cryptozoology muscles with his reflections upon the first ‘squatchers: Native Americans. Don’t write offf these legends as tall tales! A keen fortean will note enduring similarities twixt those and contemporary accounts. Por ejemplo: Scott Corrales’s latest […]

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Bolivar Native Seth Breedlove Builds Career Out Of Chronicling Small Town Monsters – The Daily Jeff
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Those of you who are fans of Seth Breedlove’s Small Town Monsters productions–and that’s pretty much all of us–will enjoy reading this article on Breedlove’s background and how he came to be the documentary filmmaker he is today. Hard to believe any publisher would have turned down books pitched by the monster mastermind, but perhaps […]

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Elizabeth Warren faces new fallout over Native American ancestry claim ahead of her presidential announcement
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Oklahoma Republican and Cherokee Nation citizen Rep. Markwayne Mullin says that Sen. Elizabeth Warren should be disbarred for claiming to be Native American on her Texas Bar registration.

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Kentucky teen on confrontation with Native American: 'I'd like to talk to him'
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The Kentucky high school student seen in a “Make America Great Again” hat during a confrontation with an elderly Native American protester on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial says he wishes it never happened, but isn’t sorry for standing his ground.

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