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Indian Shores to unveil monument honoring Indigenous people

Native Americans say the monument is a step in the right direction, but that more can be done.

by Justin Garcia June 8, 2022September 21, 2024

Native Americans say the monument is a step in the right direction, but that more can be done.

Tampa Bay Indigenous group will protest schools using Natives as mascots

The action will happen on June 21 at the Hillsborough County School Board Meeting.

by Justin Garcia June 6, 2022March 26, 2024

Indigenous group renews demand that USF Tampa place warning signs around looted gravesite

Nearly a year after demanding more protection of the graves, the site within the forest preserve is still being ransacked.

by Justin Garcia May 6, 2022March 19, 2025

Tampa rally calls for release of Leonard Peltier after he caught COVID-19 in prison

Peltier is an Indigenous activist wrongfully imprisoned and incarcerated in Coleman Correctional Institution about an hour north of Tampa.

by Justin Garcia January 31, 2022February 18, 2025

Beneath the surface

Maximo Park’s disc golf course seemed like a win-win for St. Pete, but to some environmentalists it’s a crime scene.

by Kate Bradshaw November 17, 2011April 11, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Do It Today: An American history tour at The Battle of Antietam, Florida’s natural history in Obscured by Time, and art history at the Chihuly Collection

by Franki Weddington July 14, 2010August 17, 2023

Did Native Americans cut off the noses of adulterous wives?

by Cecil Adams May 20, 2010July 29, 2025

Hot for Native Americans, the opposite of orgasms and threeway etiquette

by Dan Savage November 12, 2008August 5, 2025