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tuition waiver

Tuition-waiver policy for Native Americans isn’t the right way to atone for historical wrongs

by Guest Commentary June 29, 2022June 21, 2022

The University of California is delegating to tribal councils blank-check authority to decide who will get free tuition and who will not.

Smoke Johnson, right, helps her son Asa Johnson, 9, of Pinole, dress up with their Kanienkehaka tribe outfits before the start of the opening ceremony and the Grand Entry with other ingenues people during 27th annual Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow and Indian market at Civic Center Park in Berkeley on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

California Divide

New fund to plant seeds of reparations for California’s Native American communities

by Lil Kalish May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Angelenos celebrate during the 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2018. Thousands of people lined the streets of South Los Angeles for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade that is among the nation's biggest celebrations of the holiday. Photo by Richard Vogel, AP Photo

California Divide

California’s reparations task force explained

by Lil Kalish April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

It’s time for government to invest in urban Indian communities

by Guest Commentary March 31, 2022March 30, 2022

Teach students the truth about history of Native Californians

by Guest Commentary March 22, 2022March 21, 2022

environment

Do right by California’s tribes through the 30×30 conservation effort

by Guest Commentary December 16, 2021December 16, 2021

Supporters of the movement to change the name of Squaw Valley gather in front of the Hall of Records, before the Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting Nov. 16, 2021. Photo by John Walker, the Fresno Bee

California Divide

Should the community of Squaw Valley change its name?

by Melissa Montalvo November 19, 2021November 19, 2021

Supporters of the movement to change the name of Squaw Valley gather in front of the Hall of Records, before the Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting Nov. 16, 2021. Photo by John Walker, the Fresno Bee

CalMatters en Español

¿Debería la comunidad de Squaw Valley cambiar su nombre?

by Melissa Montalvo and Neil Chase November 19, 2021November 23, 2021

COVID misinformation plagues California’s Indigenous speakers

by Hannah Getahun November 10, 2021November 9, 2021

CalMatters en Español

La desinformación acerca del COVID-19 afecta a los hablantes indígenas de California

by Hannah Getahun November 10, 2021November 11, 2021