Shondiin Silversmith

Shondiin Silversmith is a Native American journalist from the Navajo Nation and is currently in her last semester at Northeastern University, where she is earning her master's degree in journalism. She recently completed a co-op with PRI's The World, where she got to explore digital storytelling and radio production. Before moving to Boston, Shondiin worked for a Native American newspaper called The Navajo Times where she wrote stories, shot photos and produced videos. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association, Society of Professional Journalist, and a Chips Quinn Scholar alum. Shondiin joined The GroundTruth Project as a web producer/digital journalism intern.

The Dakota Access Pipeline protest at the Sacred Stone Camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Aug. 25, 2016. (Photo by Tony Webster/Flickr User)

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The most dangerous myth about America’s indigenous peoples is that there are none left

Testifying before a House Subcommittee in 1993, Donald Trump leaned into a pair of microphones and claimed that...

Feb 23, 2017