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Sunisa Lee of the U.S. poses with her gold medal after winning the women s all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
This year s Olympic Games has been an event unlike any other before it. The ongoing pandemic has changed so much, most noticeable being the ban on spectators with even families barred from attending. Still, despite these difficulties, athletes are blazing trails and making history.
Some countries that usually don t medal are having a great Olympics
The first week was a whirlwind for San Marino, a tiny country in Southern Europe with a population of only 34,000. (To put it into perspective, consider that Wyoming, the U.S. state with the smallest population in the country, has around 580,000 residents). When Alessandra Perilli earned a bronze medal in women s trap shooting on Thursday, San Marino became th
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Indian Country s long and ongoing struggle
On this weekend edition of Indian Country Today, we re tackling stereotypes.
Author:
Tim Giago is the founder of our news organization: Indian Country Today. It began as the Lakota Times in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. We’ll hear how his journalism made a path against injustice.
In the late 80s, Charlene Teters was a graduate student at the University of Illinois when she came face to face with the harmful effects of Native mascots. Teters joins us to talk about the Cleveland team announcing its name change.
On most Indian reservations across the country, you’ll meet rez dogs. Sometimes roaming free, sometimes the pride of the tribe and their owners. Lori Edmo has this report.
Happy tears : Lee s gold sparks joy at home in Minnesota expressnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from expressnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.