Christine Graef

INTERVIEW: Native People And The Trolls Under The Bridge

MintPress talks to a recent PhD recipient whose work focuses on how “rationalizations perpetuate the notion that American Indians are inherently different from non-natives.”

Christine Graef
Par Christine Graef
Dr. Brian Broadrose

AKWESASNE, New York --- In the two decades since the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) became law, requiring federal agencies and institutions to return human remains and culturally identifiable items, about 38,671 individuals, 998,731 funerary objects, 144,163 unassociated funerary objects, 4,303 sacred objects,

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WikiLeaks: Decades Long Proof Of Government, Corporate Surveillance Of Native Americans Revealed

WikiLeaks proves what Native Americans have suspected for years.

Christine Graef
Par Christine Graef

NEW YORK-- It’s an ordinary day at Akwesasne: drones fly high overhead; Border Patrol’s presence is palpable; and cellphones are rarely used because they may be tapped. The village spans the northeastern New York-Canada border, and with listening devices, chemical detectors and X-ray equipment, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection station is

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