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December 14, 2020
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Nick Martin
The Year That Killed the Native Mascot
If there is a silver lining to 2020, it’s the reminder that even the toughest fights in Indian Country can have a happy ending.
July 10, 2020
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Nick Martin
After the End of Native Mascots
Once the slurs and caricatures are gone, we’re left to reconcile the erasure, tokenization, and colonization that exist beyond them.
February 3, 2020
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Nick Martin
And Now Back to Ignoring Indian Country
With the "arrowhead chop" Super Bowl coverage over and done, the media attention given to Native writers will soon dissipate, as it always does.
November 11, 2013
Marc Tracy
That Report That The Atlanta Braves Will Change Their Name Isn’t True
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