Tribal Sovereignty and Indian Identity

The myth of a Native American ancestor is pervasive in American society, but the act of being Native goes far beyond merely having Native ancestry. No DNA test can tell if you are Native American because being Native is a political classification based on the collective sovereignty of the broader community. It’s not who you claim, it’s who claims you.

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Rugged Individualism, Philanthropy, and Pandemics

The COVID-19 pandemic restructured the ways we think about our politics, our activism, and the obligations our values ought to ask of us. Now at the apparent end of the worst of it--but certainly not the ripples it will yield--it may be worth reflecting on what we might learn about rugged individualism and philanthropy through the lens this past year has offered.

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