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Merlin Little Thunder (Southern Cheyenne) - The Ruby Moccasins

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By Jamie Okuma

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The oil industry needs to #RezpectOurWater and stop building the Dakota Access Pipeline

I am 13 years old, and I’ve spent my whole life drinking and fishing from the Missouri River in North Dakota. As members of the Standing Rock Tribe, my family has lived here for generations. Today our lives on the reservation are still defined by the river.

But now an oil company wants to build a pipeline that will cross the river a mile away from our reservation, carrying 570,000 barrels of crude oil across each day. We’re terrified that it could leak into our water, but the company doesn’t seem to care. We, the youth of the Standing Rock Tribe, refuse to let them risk our water and lives without a fight. So far over 130,000 people have signed our petition.

— Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer for Identities Mic

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Make America brown again

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I’m now charging 5 dollars if you wanna know my ethnicity

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Sisters 👣☀️

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This would make a great movie poster. June 21st. Nine women will come together.

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the only reason to see #SuicideSquad @adamruebenbeach #representation and his wicked hair! #ndn #native #1stnations#eyyewickedhair #thisguy

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she bought my culture at the store and wore it as skin.

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“You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” Ric Gendron (Arrow Lake Colville)

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Not Famous Enough? Navajo Nation Loses Urban Outfitters Case

The largest tribe in the United States could not prove it was “famous” enough to win a trademark case against the hipster fashion giant.

The Navajo Nation lost two counts in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Urban Outfitters because the tribe’s trademark is not “famous” enough, the court siding with the fashion giant’s argument that “Navajo” is a generic term for a style or design.

The Indigenous tribe—the largest in the United States—had to prove that the term “Navajo” is “widely recognized by the general consuming public of the United States” to move forward with the trademark dilution case, which few courts have been able to prove, said New Mexico’s District Judge Bruce Black on Friday.