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Chelsey Luger is an American journalist, wellness advocate, and fitness instructor of Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Standing Rock Lakota Sioux heritage. Luger is the cofounder of Well For Culture, a grassroots initiative that takes proactive approaches in addressing health care issues for Native American people while promoting holistic indigenous wellness knowledge and solution-based ideas.

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Chelsey Luger Is Giving Ancestral Native American Practices a 2019 Reboot

“We wanted to reclaim our power, health, and food sovereignty, because holistic wellness has been part of our culture for thousands of years,” says Chelsey Luger

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Was 2017 the Beginning of the End of Social Injustice in America?

It’s so ironic. A country that was established by white immigrants and refugees continues, year after year, to debate whether refugees and immigrants from other countries should be allowed to cross onto our sacred soil. - Chelsey Luger

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What Do We Owe Indigenous America?

We’ve also learned that, unlike other Americans who have had crimes committed against them, Native people, historically and today, have had little success seeking reparations in court.

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This App Can Tell You the Indigenous History of the Land You Live On

Enter your ZIP code into the Native Lands App and an interactive map will tell you the area’s original language and tribal ties.

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The Ancient Baby Carrier Making a Comeback

Native women are once again embracing the cradleboard because it’s both artistic and utilitarian.

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5 Places to View Pre-Colonial America

The ancient history of this country is often overlooked. Here are landmarks significant to Indigenous people that were renamed by white settlers.

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Health Focus: Well for Culture

According to Well For Culture’s ambassador Anthony Thosh Collins, the movement is “an alliance of like-minded Indigenous people from many nations and all directions.

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Tackling Opioid Addiction in Indian Country

Per capita, Native American people are more likely than any other race to suffer from opioid addiction. In recent months, hundreds of cities, states and counties in the U.S.

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New Mexico’s Contentious ‘Pot Powwow’

A cannabis company believes the pot industry could save tribal nations from poverty. But many argue it would only make a drug problem worse.

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Women’s History Month (and American History Itself) Rarely Includes Indigenous Women—and that’s a Problem

Most public schools in the U.S. teach shamefully little about Indigenous history, and the contributions of Indigenous women remain notably left out.

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