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The black hair industry imports products from China. Here’s what tariffs mean for braids and wigs
Longstanding income disparities between black and white American women can also make higher hair care prices untenable. According to the U.S. Census, as of 2023, the median household income in Atlanta ...
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‘I’m like trying so hard not to cry’: Woman spends 5-6 years growing her hair. Then she switches to Native shampoo
Whether it’s a bad cut or color by a stylist or a hair ... texture, or color that it’s at. In a trending video with more than 245,000 views, content creator Hailey (@hmsmilezzz) accused Native ...
Michigan Chronicle3mon
From Nightclubs to the DIA: How Detroit’s Hair Wars Transformed African American Hairstyling
1996 Issue of The Michigan Chronicle Detroit’s legendary Hair Wars isn’t just a showcase; it’s a movement. Since 1985, David Humphries has championed the evolution of African American hairstyling ...
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Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes
(AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S. government Friday for its 150-year campaign to break up Native American culture ... Teachers and administrators cut ...
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Author with $249K book deal claims she’s Choctaw-Cherokee — Native American group alleges otherwise
who say she has no native ancestry. “We found this person has no American Indian ancestry,” Lianna Costantino, co-founder and director of TAAF, and herself from the Cherokee Nation ...
Los Angeles Times7mon
The open question of ‘who gets to be Native in America’
“The Indian Card” begins with a statistical puzzle: In the 2000 U.S. census, 4.1 million people indicated Native American heritage ... facial structure and hair texture, or on lists of ...
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Young Cherokee voice elevated through Native American Day celebration
Lillian Charles sang on stages before, but she shared her talents on a parade float for Tulsa's eighth annual Native American Day celebrations. The young Cherokee woman represented Tulsa Public ...
Smithsonian Magazine7mon
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day With 20 Beautiful Photos That Capture the Richness of Native Culture
Ron Graham-Becker, Colorado, 2021 Nearly 575 recognized Native American tribes, including the Choctaw, Cherokee ... feathers and ribbons in her hair, Autumn Rain Hackett, a young Southern ...
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Cherokee Nation Opens First Tribally Operated Film School: ‘We Need More Native Americans Working at Every Level of This Industry’
How did the idea for Cherokee Film Institute begin? I had a phone call a few years ago with a major studio and they said, “Hey, we’re creating this Native American project. We need a Native ...
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Who can Identify as a Native American?
How many times have you heard someone say my great grandmother was a Cherokee ... with straight black hair and have names like “runs with walk”. But in reality, Native Americans can look ...