Left to right: Lourdes Pereira, 23, Matthew Holgate, 23, Alec Ferreira, 25, Shelbylyn Henry, 32, Xavier Medina, 25, and Nalani Lopez, 19. The six voters met with NPR at the Phoenix Indian Center in downtown Phoenix. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption
Pins are pictured at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Family tensions can bubble to the surface during the holidays, especially after a divisive election. Daniel Fishel for NPR hide caption
The Conestoga stand and face their final moments. Weshoyot Alvitre/Library Company of Philadelphia hide caption
Eagle Village resident Jolene Neiss says it's important to make each room feel like the resident's home with decorations, knickknacks and family photos. Casey Martin/KUOW hide caption
Geri Hongeva (left), who voiced C-3PO in the Navajo translation of A New Hope; artist Duane Koyawena (center); and engineer Joe Mastroianni with Hopi R2 at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff. Ryan Heinsius/KNAU hide caption
One thing I know now that I didn't three years ago: If we have kids together someday, it won't be their blood that makes them Wampanoag. Purestock/Getty Images hide caption
The Cleveland Indians have agreed to remove the Chief Wahoo logo, which for decades has been publicly protested as racist and offensive. "[T]he logo is no longer appropriate for on-field use in Major League Baseball," said Commissioner Rob Manfred. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Ray Halbritter in his office. Courtesy of the Oneida Indian Nation hide caption
A First Nations rally participant in Toronto, Canada, December 2012. Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption