Ultimately, the intersections of Orange’s Native characters’ quest to define their identity and Oakland’s struggle to do the same are about redefining the narratives forced onto both.

An emerging field of research suggests that much like Cajun English or African American Vernacular English—otherwise known as Ebonics—unique speech patterns also have developed among indigenous people ...

Native American Storytelling, One Pint at a Time. Morgan Crisp, founder of 7 Clans Brewery, ... “Like any group of people that have had their cultural identity stripped, land taken, the lack of ...

In 2008, people started raising questions about Smith's Native American identity and was later denied tenure at the University of Michigan before she secured her role at UC Riverside.

Native identity is a legal and political classification, based on filial lineage and tribal citizenship. Tribal nations have their own rules for enrollment, and some are more open than others.

It was in 2006, during their collaboration on a collection of essays by Native American women, that Kauanui first heard rumors about Smith’s identity. By then, the two had grown close, even as ...

UC Berkeley scholar faces renewed calls to resign over false Native American identity claims Anthropologist Elizabeth Hoover admitted in May that she is ‘a White person’ ...

Ernie Lapointe is a Native American author and Sun Dancer, and for years, has maintained he's the closest living descendant of legendary Lakota warrior chief Sitting Bull.

This article also appeared in print, under the headline “The Native American Catholic,” in the October 21, 2000, issue.