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In honor of Native American Heritage Month, and rather than celebrating the traditional colonial Thanksgiving holiday, we are sharing a recent land acknowledgement and call to action from UC Press Senior Publicist Katryce Lassle. This acknowledgement encourages UC Press staff to engage with the work

By Joseph Nevins, co-author of A People’s Guide to Greater BostonMost people in the United States will celebrate Thanksgiving this week. Meanwhile, many Native Americans and their supporters will observe a “Day of Mourning.” These conflicting holidays are at the center of the ongoing strugg

By Mark Dean Johnson, co-editor of When I Remember I See Red: American Indian Art and Activism in CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state for Native America peoples nationally, but the activities of its indigenous population often goes unnoticed amidst the clamourous activities of more r

On December 14th, 1915, Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, arrived in Washington DC, concluding a yearlong cross country trip by horseback. Red Fox James had spent the past year traveling from state to state, collecting endorsements from twenty-four state legislatures in sup