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Brittany Iron competes in the Crow Nation’s Ultimate Warrior Challenge. The Challenge spurs her to master canoeing, running, and riding. The race teaches the Native values of commitment and perseverance. To participate, she has to commit to abstain from drugs and alcohol. The Crow are reimagining what it means to be a warrior. They are now drawing on traditional rituals to combat the effects of centuries of stigma and trauma, and to rebuild the tribe’s sense of pride and purpose.

An excerpted biography of a colonel from 1888 that shows how views about race evolved for some while racism persisted.

In this excerpt, Robert Rhett addresses the consequences of southern states not seceding. In the speech he touches on the topics of emancipation, northern rule and westward expansion.