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Navajo

Ethnic group in North America

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Nov 30, 2025
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Are arrests of Native Americans by ICE happening on tribal lands and what legal issues arise?

Reports from early and late 2025 show multiple incidents where ICE officers have stopped, questioned or arrested Native Americans — sometimes on or near tribal lands — triggering tribal warnings, lega...

Dec 13, 2025
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are skin walkers real?

Skinwalker stories are a long-standing element of Navajo and other Native American folklore — described as witches or shapeshifters called yee naaldlooshii — but there is no verifiable scientific evid...

Jan 25, 2026
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Natives being detained by ice

Multiple tribal leaders, local officials and news outlets report that agents have stopped, questioned and in some cases detained Native Americans in recent enforcement actions—incidents that tribal le...

Jan 14, 2026

Have skinwalker beliefs influenced modern media, horror films, or tourism in the Southwest?

Skinwalker beliefs have clearly bled into modern media, horror entertainment, and tourism in the American Southwest, appearing in films, television series, video games, podcasts, and site‑based touris...

Dec 4, 2025

What role do tribal police and BIA play when ICE seeks to arrest someone on tribal land?

Tribal police and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are the primary public-safety actors on many reservations: tribal departments often provide routine policing and the BIA Office of Justice Services...

Nov 5, 2025

How do different cultures define and express gender?

Different cultures define and express gender in widely varying ways, with many recognizing more than two genders and assigning distinct social, spiritual, and legal roles to gender-diverse people. The...

Dec 13, 2025

Are there documented eyewitness accounts or credible investigations of skinwalker encounters?

Eyewitness accounts of “skinwalker” encounters exist in news reports, books and dozens of personal testimonies—most prominently the Sherman family’s 1990s claims about what became Skinwalker Ranch, an...