National Catholic Reporter

Films tell story of African American Catholics' legacy, church's ministry to Native Americans

The Black and Indian Missions Office originated in 1874 as the Bureau of Catholic Missions, with wider goals added in ...
The Root

Do I Really Have African and Native American Ancestry?

According to the 23andMe DNA-testing service, I have 0.1 percent West African DNA from my mother. I also have approximately 5-6 percent Native American from my mother, who is now deceased. I have a ...
St. Louis American

Indigenous People’s Day: Highlighting the intersections between the Native American and Black American struggle

Indigenous Peoples Day is a movement of recognition for the havoc brought upon Native American communities by European colonization. The day is not an officially recognized holiday under U.S. Federal ...
National Catholic Register

Hidden Catholic Histories Come Alive in New Black and Native American Films

From the pioneering Oblate Sisters of Providence and St. Frances Academy to the lives of Venerable Henriette DeLille, Julia ...
WFAE

NC native was first African American woman to ride a motorcycle solo cross country

Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary. Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first ...
Santa Clara University

Examining Indigenous Homelessness via Indigenous and non-Indigenous American Legal Cases

Within the United States, the experience of homelessness has been consistently recognized as a growing issue that needs more attention. According to a report done by the United States Department of ...
American Enterprise Institute

Native Americans Shift Right

Many ethnic groups moved rightward in the 2024 election, and Native Americans are among them. Seventeen counties with majority-Native American populations swung toward President-elect Donald Trump by ...