American Indians

How the Church of South India and Church of North India were formed—and how they fare today.

“This is decolonized land,” a young woman said. “This is a liberated zone.”

As a child, I loved to make and eat popcorn with my dad. But this rosy memory is eclipsed by the reality of the popcorn my brother grows now.

If you know about only one event in American Indian history, it’s probably Custer’s Last Stand at the Little Bighorn in 1876. Lakota and Cheyenne Indians repelled Custer’s surprise attack, killing more than 250 American soldiers. If you know any other event, it’s probably the massacre at Wounded Knee in late December 1890.

The question isn't whether the new provisions in the Senate VAWA bill are politically motivated. It's whether the provisions are good ones.