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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

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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.

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The Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address disparities in discipline for Native American students at a South Dakota school system, saying it was wrongly rooted in efforts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

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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

The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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 Conversation

‘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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

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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

The Independent UK

$2M deal reached in lawsuit over young woman's death at North Dakota jail in 2020

A $2 million agreement has been reached in the death of a young woman at a North Dakota jail in 2020

The Guardian - UK

Are Trump’s tariffs for real or an AI hallucination? I’m afraid the answer is both

Amid claims that a chatbot helped shape the key calculations, the president is now off playing golf. He’ll find the world economy in a bunker, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Unsolved violent crimes in Native American communities to get more attention with FBI surge

The FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states over the next six months to help investigate unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country

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‘The ice is not freezing as it should’: supply roads to Canada’s Indigenous communities under threat from climate crisis

Northern Ontario is seeing a ‘shorter window’ for ice roads that deliver vital supplies to remote First Nations

The Guardian - US

‘We play for Indian country’: how the Bilingual Basketball league is preserving Indigenous languages

Despite drastic cuts by the Trump administration, Native American coaches are teaching and defending traditions

The Conversation

As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans

Long before the large-scale Earth Day protests on April 22, 1970 – often credited with spurring significant environmental protection legislation – Native Americans stewarded the environment. As sovereign nations, Native Americans have been able to protect land, water and air, including well beyond their own boundaries.

The Independent UK

Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later

The Guardian - US

‘Protect our future’: Alaskan Indigenous town fights ‘destructive’ uranium mine project

Panther Minerals set to start exploring Elim’s land as Trump seeks to expand drilling and resource extraction in Alaska

International Business Times

Brazil Chief Raoni Says Will Challenge Lula On Amazon Oil Project: AFP Interview

Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans for an oil mega-project at the mouth of the Amazon river.

The Guardian - UK

Stop-and-search, fire ants and stinging nettles: doling out justice to illegal miners in Peru’s Amazon

As gold prices soar and with little help from the national government, the Indigenous Wampis are taking action to stop their land from being polluted and plundered

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