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Now Do Lincoln

Protesters are tearing down statues of Columbus and other villains of history. The true test will come when they reckon with their heroes.

by Nick Martin via The New Republic on June 11, 2020

Disease Has Never Been Just Disease for Native Americans

Native communities’ vulnerability to epidemics is not a historical accident, but a direct result of oppressive policies and ongoing colonialism.

by Jeffrey Ostler via The Atlantic on April 29, 2020

Can Colonial Nations Truly Recognise the Sovereignty of Indigenous People?

The Lakota, like other groups, see themselves as a sovereign people. Can Indigenous sovereignty survive colonisation?

by Pekka Hämäläinen via Aeon on October 2, 2019

Inside a New Effort to Change What Schools Teach About Native American History

A new curriculum from the American Indian Museum brings greater depth and understanding to the long-misinterpreted history of indigenous culture.

by Anna Diamond via Smithsonian on September 18, 2019

Andrew Jackson, standing

Trump Wasn’t the First President to Confront the Supreme Court – and Back Down

The story of President Andrew Jackson and Worcester v. Georgia, decided in 1832.

by Bethany Berger via The Conversation on July 17, 2019

Oklahoma Was Never Really O.K.

A new production exposes the darkness that’s always been at the heart of the musical — and the American experiment.

by Frank Rich via Vulture on April 2, 2019

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson: Our First Populist President

He never denounced slavery and was brutal towards American Indians, but remains a popular figure. Why?

by Jeff Taylor via The American Conservative on February 8, 2019

Half the Land in Oklahoma Could be Returned to Native Americans. It Should Be.

A Supreme Court case about jurisdiction in an obscure murder has huge implications for tribes.

by Rebecca Nagle via Washington Post on November 28, 2018

The City Born in a Day

The bizarre origin story of the surprisingly exceptional Oklahoma City, in a government-sanctioned raid called the Land Run.

by Sam Anderson via Intelligencer on August 17, 2018

The two bluffs known as the 'Bears Ears' in the Bears Ears National Monument.

The Battle for Control of Public Lands

There's a long history of states challenging the federal government, and ignoring Native American claims to the land at issue.

by Gregory Ablavsky via Made By History on November 9, 2017

The Two Andrew Jacksons

Jacksonian democracy may have been liberating for some, but it was repressive for many others.

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on August 10, 2017

The Nineteenth-Century Trump

President Trump is by no means off the mark to call attention to Andrew Jackson as a precursor. The analogy, however, is not necessarily flattering.

by Daniel Walker Howe via New York Review of Books on June 27, 2017

Jackson statue outside the White House.

Trump's Jacksonian Moment

A new biography of Andrew Jackson recounts a bloody history, and reveals disturbing parallels between the 1830s and the Trump era.

by Richard White via Boston Review on June 7, 2017

Andrew Jackson, standing

Andy Jackson's Populism

It started with a hatred of crony capitalism.

by Robert W. Merry via The American Conservative on May 3, 2017

Andrew Jackson Adopted an Indian Son

Was bringing home an Indian boy-after slaughtering his family-an act of compassion or of political expedience?

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on April 29, 2016

America's Other Original Sin

Europeans didn’t just displace Native Americans — they enslaved them, on a scale historians are only beginning to fathom.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on January 18, 2016

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