Those who did it from a distance erased the people’s language. Once they could claim their fiction of terra nullius they flooded in close and put up fences. They erased the history of their conquest and they erased the lake’s history too.
A poem by Rowan Tate.
A team of archaeologists looks for signs of prehistoric life 100 feet underwater in Lake Huron. But they need help narrowing their search. So, they turn to artificial intelligence.
Native culture is not static — it’s a living, evolving part of everyday life for Pittsburgh’s “urban Natives.”
Frank Green ran away from Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1898, headed to the Oneida homeland in Wisconsin. In 2022 he finally arrived.
Land-grant institutions are deeply ingrained into our everyday geographies, but as an Indigenous scholar, these places have a complicated legacy.
A poem by Daniel Wolff.
Native grief and resurgence in the Midwest.
Indigenous diasporas and making 'home' in the Rust Belt.
How 'Native American street food' is helping to keep tribal cultures alive.
Our origin stories, histories, languages, and cultures are tied to our homelands.
In search of features, essays, and poems that engage with the Indigenous Rust Belt.