As the United States marks 250 years of modern America, a country founded on freedom, liberty, and justice, for Native Americans, that history reads very differently. After centuries of oppression, survival, and the ongoing reclamation of culture, what does it mean to be Native American today? And why does the question of who has the right to claim that identity remain so deeply contested?

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Who still counts as Native American in 2026? - The Sunday Story

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Who still counts as Native American in 2026? - The Sunday Story