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    Trump in Pocahontas jibe at Navajo event Jump to media player President Trump mocked a political rival as 'Pocahontas' - as he welcomed Native Americans to the White House.
    • 27 Nov 17
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    A brief history of Thanksgiving Jump to media player Thanksgiving celebrates English colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans sharing a feast in 1621.
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    Is this tapestry racist? Jump to media player The tapestry has been criticised as depicting Native American people as 'warlike savages'.
    • 20 Sep 17
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    Native Americans would say I grew up 'white' Jump to media player Talking identity, hunting and beaver trapping while on a canoe trip with Jordan Whitebull, one of the few Native Americans in rural Arkansas.
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    Native American fashion defies definition Jump to media player Native American designers are drawing on their culture to develop a contemporary style.
    • 31 Mar 17
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    US pipeline protesters: 'It's going to be war' Jump to media player A confrontation is brewing between Native Americans, First Nations Canadians and President Trump after he moved to advance two controversial oil pipelines.
    • 25 Jan 17
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    Special events to mark Pocahontas death Jump to media player It is 400 years since Pocahontas, immortalized by a Disney Film, died.
    • 13 Jan 17
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