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A Federal Court Has Ruled Blood Cannot Determine Tribal Citizenship. Here’s Why That Matters.

The struggle over blood and belonging in American Indian communities.

by Alaina E. Roberts via Made By History on March 9, 2024
Reconsidering Wilma Mankiller

As the Cherokee Nation’s first female chief’s image is minted onto a coin, her full humanity should be examined.

by Alaina E. Roberts via High Country News on June 6, 2022
Is This Land Made for You and Me?

How African Americans came to Indian Territory after the Civil War.

by Alaina E. Roberts via Lapham’s Quarterly on May 26, 2021
B.C. Franklin and the Tulsa Massacre: A Triracial History

The life of Tulsa attorney B.C. Franklin is a testament to the triracial history of the West.

by Alaina E. Roberts via Perspectives on History on May 26, 2021
The Troubling Paradox of Slavery in Indian Territory

My ancestors were enslaved—but their freedom came at a price for others.

by Alaina E. Roberts via TIME on April 14, 2021

I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land

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A courtroom or public civic room full of people, with white and black people sitting on opposite sides of a railing.

When Tribal Nations Expel Their Black Members

Clashes between sovereignty rights and civil rights reveal an uncomfortable and complicated story about race and belonging in America.

by Philip J. Deloria via The New Yorker on July 14, 2022

Map of Cherokee Allotment from the Dawes Commission.

Coercion

“Allotment”—and its repercussions.

by Rebecca Nagle via Los Angeles Review of Books on September 8, 2024

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