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James Reed

James has written about Indigenous history, land rights and policy for over a decade. He focuses on the long arc of colonisation and its continuing effects on Native communities across North America.

Indigenous history and policy writer, page 6 of 6

Indigenous Peoples Day signage at a public gathering replacing Columbus Day commemoration History

What Columbus Day Gets Wrong

There is a version of the Columbus Day debate that treats it as a conflict between Italian-American heritage pride and...

James ReedSep 16, 20265 min read
A historic photograph of an Indian boarding school building with children gathered outside History

The Indian Boarding School Legacy

Between the 1870s and the 1970s, the United States government operated or funded a system of Indian boarding schools that...

James ReedSep 16, 20265 min read
Members of a Native community tending a traditional garden using ancestral farming methods Environment

Food Sovereignty and Indigenous Farming

Control over food is control over life. That is not a rhetorical claim; it is a description of how power operates in practice.

James ReedSep 16, 20265 min read
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