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Trump administration to investigate New York's funding threat over Long Island tribal school mascot

The U.S. Department of Education says it plans to investigate whether New York education officials are being discriminatory by threatening to withhold funding if a Long Island school district doesn’t stop using a Native American-themed logo

The Independent UK

Will Cop30 in Belém help or harm the Amazon?

Trees are being cleared for rainforest mega-event – but state governor says a ‘new history’ is under way

The Guardian - UK

Thousands gather in New Mexico for the largest powwow in North America

Thousands of people are gathering in New Mexico for a celebration showcasing Native American and Indigenous dancers, musicians and artisans from around the world

The Independent UK

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Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests

A federal judge on Wednesday found the U.S. government liable to the state of North Dakota for more than $28 million in the state's lawsuit for recouping millions of dollars for policing the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline

The Independent UK

Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage

GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture

The Guardian - US

Trump butts in to cultural logo dispute that has nothing to do with him

But involvement doesn’t equal action.

Creative Bloq

In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone tribe decided to classify buffalo as wildlife. Here is why

Earlier this month, the Eastern Shoshone voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock

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‘I am sorry’ — A reflection on Pope Francis’s apology on residential schools

With the death of Pope Francis, his apology for residential schools in Canada and its impacts needs to be explored nearly three years after it was delivered.

The Conversation

A timeline of the life of Pope Francis: From Buenos Aires to Rome

Key dates from his life

The Independent UK

Easter is celebrated with giant caterpillar-like hats and flames in this Mexican town

Every year, the winding mountain streets of Tetela del Volcán are filled with a crush of vivid yellows, purples, greens, oranges and blues

The Independent UK

The devastating legacy of Native boarding schools: ‘no way people can apologize it away’

Mary Annette Pember’s expansive book Medicine River looks at the many ways the US has tried to dehumanise and eradicate Native families

The Guardian - US

Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects

At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children in boarding schools at the hands of the U.S. government have been slashed due to federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration

The Independent UK

Alaska Native man who alleged wrongful conviction in murder case reaches $11.5M settlement

An Alaska Native man who maintained his innocence in the 1997 killing of a white teenager has agreed to an $11.5 million settlement with the city of Fairbanks

The Independent UK

Reckoning and resistance: The future of Black hiring commitments on campus

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, a global reckoning on anti-Black racism ignited protests, conversations and demand for action. Across North America, universities scrambled to make public commitments to racial justice. They pledged to make changes and address systemic inequalities.

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Blackfeet Nation Indians File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Canada Tariffs

They argue the tariffs violate the constitutional separation of powers and their tribal treaty rights.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. wants to help tribal communities get healthy. Trump gutted a program that was doing just that

Native leaders say they are having trouble grasping the dissonance between Kennedy's words and his actions

The Independent UK

Education Department withdraws from plan to address discipline disparities for Native students

The Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address disparities in discipline for Native American students at a South Dakota school system, saying it was wrongly rooted in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion

The Guardian - US

New Mexico creates turquoise alert for missing Indigenous Americans

State is fourth in the US to create such a system, recognizing a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people

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The Independent UK

Judge rejects new trials for 2 convicted of human smuggling in death of family of 4 from India

A federal judge has rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths of four members of a family from India who froze to death while trying to cross the Canadian border into Minnesota during a blizzard in 2022

The Independent UK

Indigenous march in Brazil to demand more land be set aside for their stewardship

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s capital, demanding the state guarantee and expand their rights to traditional lands as part of the solution to the world’s climate crisis

The Conversation

As Canada is threatened, it’s urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood

Early in his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump began making explicit threats about Canada becoming the 51st American state.

The Guardian - UK

‘Magical realism’: how a fake Hindu nation tried to take over Indigenous land in Bolivia

Contracts show fictional country created by fugitive Indian guru would control vast swathes ‘with full sovereignty’

The Independent UK

Sex abuse trial of former 'Dances with Wolves' actor in Nevada is again postponed

The sex abuse trial of former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse in Nevada has again been postponed

The Guardian - UK

Silence surrounds the disappearance of Chilean grandmother Julia Chuñil. What really happened?

Nearly five months ago, the Indigenous land rights defender went out to herd animals in the forest and vanished. Her family say she had been threatened – and no trace of her has been found

The Independent UK

Lakota artist smudges the former gold mine inside the Black Hills

When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty, he also sees a scar cut deep into the heart of the universe

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