Sunnie Eagleton is a 17-year-old Native American; around  5 feet, 2 inches tall; weighs 130 pounds; has long dyed-red straight hair; and brown eyes.

But scholars and Native American activists have long pushed back on schools’ use of such images, arguing that they are reductive and harmful to Native American students. New York has been among ...

Native Pop!, a new exhibit that explores the role of Indigenous people have played in pop culture, opened at the Newberry Library on March 20, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) ...