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Politicians, land developers, white supremacists and Natives collide.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

He plans on hiring Alaska Natives as support staff for his crew, likely because at the time it was assumed that all Inuit had expert arctic survival skills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Restless Natives writer Ninian Dunnett is co-writing the musical, working alongside with the original director, Michael Hoffman, and producer Andy Paterson.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

For example, American Indian and Alaska Natives represented 0.7% of births in 2023, but accounted for 4.6% of congenital syphilis cases.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

I had first met him in the late 1940s when he was a member of the Natives Representative Council.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela