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Dubbing 'A Fistful of Dollars' to spread the Navajo language

The Navajo Nation Museum premiered a Navajo-dubbed version of Clint Eastwood's 1964 classic, A Fistful of Dollars this week. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images hide caption

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Dubbing 'A Fistful of Dollars' to spread the Navajo language

November 17, 2021 • The Navajo Nation Museum is bringing a newly voiced version of the classic spaghetti Western to the Navajo Nation.

Australia's Fraser Island Reclaims K'gari, Its Original Indigenous Name

Lake Mckenzie sits in the middle of K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, in Australia. The Aboriginal people in the region, the Butchulla, had been advocating for the name change for years. ullstein bild via Getty Images hide caption

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Australia's Fraser Island Reclaims K'gari, Its Original Indigenous Name

September 20, 2021 • The name change comes after years of activism from the Butchulla Aboriginal people, who inhabited the island before colonization. K'gari means "paradise" in the Butchulla language.

Opinion: My First-Nations Identity Feels More Like An Absence

A First Nations rally participant in Toronto, Canada, December 2012. Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: My First-Nations Identity Feels More Like An Absence

May 30, 2017 • Indigenous stories are ongoing, not simply legends from the past. I don't want my students to have the distorted idea that First Nations people have vanished or are not "modern."