May 16, 2017 By Helen Oliff Graduation Rates & American Indian Education For every scholarship we are able to award through AIEF (American Indian Education Fund), a program of Partnership With Native Americans, there Read more
May 12, 2017 By Helen Oliff Indians are Persons: Standing Bear’s Speech Indians are "persons" under the law. The words of Standing Bear in court before Judge Dundy's ruling in 1879. Read more
May 9, 2017 By Helen Oliff Indians are Persons Under the Law In 1879 a court ruled that Indians are "persons", a point that should not have been questioned in the first place. Read more
April 18, 2017 By Partnership Rain Dance, Correcting the Myth The rain dance is hardly the only misconception that exists about Indian peoples. Sometimes it's too easy to view all native communities Read more
March 7, 2017 By Moderator Access to Healthy Food on the Reservations Partnership With Native Americans supports national nutrition and a return to traditional diets through gardens, healthy cooking classes, training on canning, preservation Read more
February 7, 2017 By Tristan Picotte (guest blogger) The True Impact of the Dawes Act of 1887 The biggest impact of the Dawes Act was a loss of indigenous cultures, tradition and land across the U.S. It did a Read more
January 10, 2017 By Tristan Picotte (guest blogger) Ira Hayes: Hero by Happenstance? In many ways, Ira Hayes was just like many of us – quiet, humble, and driven to do the best he Read more
November 25, 2016 By Helen Oliff American Indian Heritage Day & Month Linking the national Native American Heritage Day to Thanksgiving is fitting, given the contributions of American Indians that long preceded the first Read more
November 15, 2016 By Helen Oliff The Untold Story After the First Thanksgiving To grasp the untold story after the first Thanksgiving, one need only look at realities on the reservations and realize that history Read more
November 8, 2016 By Helen Oliff The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving To learn the real story of the first Thanksgiving, as shared by historians of Squanto's tribe – the Wampanoags – and the Read more