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Rosalyn R. LaPier

Trump’s reference to Wounded Knee evokes the dark history of suppression of indigenous religions

Rosalyn R. LaPier
The nearly-full moon is seen among Christmas lights at a holiday display Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, in Lenexa, Kan. When the moon turns full, at 5:11am cst., it will be the first full moon to fall on Christmas day since 1977. Named the Long Night Moon because it's the first full moon to follow the winter solstice, it's also known as the Cold Moon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

What winter solstice rituals tell us about indigenous people

Rosalyn R. LaPier
FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2005, file photo, an ATV dreives past caribou antlers on one of the dirt roads in Barrow, Alaska. Residents in Barrow, the nation's northernmost community, have voted to change the name of their city back to its traditional Inupiaq name of Utqiagvik. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File) (AP)

The loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of the natural world

Rosalyn R. LaPier