The New York Times – Travel:
The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary could create a new model for Native co-management of public lands. But the sanctuary faces headwinds with a last-minute boundary change to accommodate a wind farm.
Category: Indigenous People
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Read Your Way Through Missoula
The New York Times – Travel:
Montana calls to storytellers: The cold clear waters of its rivers have carried the voices of its inhabitants from time immemorial, says Debra Magpie Earling, one of its writers. Here, she recommends her favorites.
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New Red Order: Artists With a Call to ‘Give It Back’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
In “The World’s UnFair,” a Creative Time project in Queens in the form of a wry carnival, a collective redirects the resources of the art world toward returning Indigenous land.
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Marvel Superhero and Indigenous Actress Holds Fast to Maya Roots
The New York Times – Film:
After filming her part in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” María Mercedes Coroy returned to her “normal” life of farming and trading in a Guatemalan town at the base of a volcano.
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George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’
The New York Times – Sports:
The move comes amid a reckoning of the fraught history of team names across American sports. Potential new names include: “Ambassadors,” “Blue Fog,” “Revolutionaries” and “Sentinels.”
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How an Indigenous Architect Came Out of His Shell
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Chris Cornelius imparts the lessons of his Oneida heritage in the classroom and other territories.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie Broke Boundaries in Folk. A Documentary Tells Her Story.
The New York Times – Music:
She brought attention to Indigenous issues in her music, and was the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar. “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On” makes the case for her continued importance.
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Sacheen Littlefeather and the Question of Native Identity
The New York Times – Film:
The actress, who died Oct. 2, became famous for a protest at the 1973 Oscars. Now a researcher and Littlefeather’s own sisters dispute her claims that she was Native American. Her defenders say Indian identity is a complex matter.