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Diane Burns Sheds Light on Gentrification (1988)
Artist and poet Diane Burns was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1957: her father was Chemehuevi and her mother was Anishinabe. In the 1970s she moved to New York City where she created art that challenged stereotypes of Native Americans and addressed [...]
Item Type: Fiction/Poetry
Historical Era: Contemporary US (1976 to the present)
A Native Hawaiian Expresses Love for Her Island Home (2020)
On July 7, 1898, the Hawaiian Islands were annexed by the United States after a long struggle between native Hawaiians and non-native American businessmen. Because of their location in the Pacific, the Hawaiian islands have provided a strategic [...]
Tags: environment, hawaii
Item Type: Fiction/Poetry
Historical Era: Contemporary US (1976 to the present)