A traditional dance during a pow wow of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. The tribe, which resides primarily on a Long Island reservation, received approval from the Obama administration for federal recognition Tuesday.
(Flickr/andybrannan)
A traditional dance during a pow wow of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. The tribe, which resides primarily on a Long Island reservation, received approval from the Obama administration for federal recognition Tuesday.
(Flickr/andybrannan)
Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent for The Week, an economics and climate reporter for ThinkProgress, and has written for the policy journal Democracy. More by Jeff Spross

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