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What makes someone Indigenous?

  • Written by Torivio Fodder, Indigenous Governance Program Manager and Professor of Practice, University of Arizona
imageParticipants in the Indigenous Peoples Of the Americas Parade in New York City, Oct. 15, 2022. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Imagesimage

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