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In 2015, helicopters began dropping logs into Washington's Queets-Clearwater watershed, helping crews rebuild 8 miles of critical salmon habitat

Tribal nations and partners use helicopters to place logs in remote rivers. These logs help restore salmon habitats destroyed by past logging practices. The Quinault Indian Nation closed its fisheries due to insufficient salmon populations. Scientific studies show floods and food supply also significantly impact fish. This collaborative effort highlights…

The Times of India

Burglary charge could send man linked to Navajo elder's disappearance back to federal prison

The last person known to have seen a Navajo elder alive has been arrested in an unrelated incident, raising questions about whether he will be sent back to federal prison

The Independent UK

A Washington fisherman was arrested over 50 times for fishing on his ancestral river; his struggle made tribes legal co-managers and protectors of salmon

Billy Frank Jr. fought for Native American fishing rights after his arrest in 1945. Organized fish-ins and protests drew thousands of supporters and celebrity attention. A federal judge ruled in 1974 that tribes were entitled to half the salmon catch. This decision established tribes as co-managers of salmon resources with…

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Deadliest slaughter of Native Americans in US history: The 1863 Bear River massacre that left hundreds of Shoshone dead and a sacred land forever changed

On a cold January morning in 1863, a Shoshone winter camp near the Bear River in present-day Idaho became the centre of a violent confrontation that continues to shape Indigenous memory more than a century later. The settlement, known to the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone as Boa Ogoi, was…

The Times of India

When is the July Buck Moon and what's the best way to see it in the UK?

July’s Full Moon will light up the skies with an amber glow

Woman & Home

The pig that almost started a war: How a pig shot in 1859 turned a San Juan Island farm dispute into a 12-year Britain-America standoff

In 1859, a single pig turned a quiet island dispute into a tense confrontation between two powerful nations. What began as a farmer’s frustration over a wandering animal on San Juan Island quickly escalated into a military standoff involving British warships, American soldiers and competing territorial claims. The disagreement was…

The Times of India

A 400-year-old Native American pot lay buried beneath a Spanish mission in Florida until archaeologists found it completely intact

University of Florida students have unearthed a nearly 400-year-old clay pot at the site of a 17th-century Spanish mission in Gainesville, and remarkably, it survived completely intact. The pot was likely made by a member of the Indigenous Potano Timucua tribe while the mission was still active, and its discovery…

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Brazil's government says it is working with Peru to protect border Indigenous lands

Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said it has signed a memorandum with Peru’s Ministry of Culture to protect Indigenous territories along their border

The Independent UK

Masked men invading and taking Amazon communities ‘hostage’ in organised crime surge, say local leaders

Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon

The Guardian - UK

A model Indigenous territory in Brazil's Amazon seeks protection from criminal gangs

The Ashaninka Indigenous people, who reclaimed their territory on the Brazil-Peru border decades ago, now face threats from gangs and drug traffickers

The Independent UK

Black members of Oklahoma Native American tribe file federal lawsuit to gain citizenship rights

Two descendants of Black people once enslaved by a Native American tribe are asking a federal court in Oklahoma to force tribal leaders to issue them citizenship cards as ordered a year ago by a tribal court

The Independent UK

Remains of Grand Canyon hiker found after nearly 15-year search

In December 2025, human remains were identified as those of William Ott, a skilled hiker who vanished during his quest for ancient rock art in the Grand Canyon back in April 2012. The search for Ott concluded after his daypack was discovered nearby, containing personal items. Authorities used DNA testing…

The Times of India

South American trade bloc's top court takes up unprecedented Peru illegal mining case

The Andean Court of Justice has admitted an unprecedented case against Peru over its handling of illegal mining, marking the first time the regional court will examine whether a member state failed to meet its obligations to combat the activity

The Independent UK

We received no alert, say leaders of First Nations communities razed by Canadian wildfires

Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threat

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‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining

The Guardian goes on the ground with Brazilian forces fighting to eradicate mining that has destroyed protected areas of Indigenous land

Medical Daily

A First Nation Burned to the Ground Without Warning, Exposing Canada's Wildfire Response Failures

The destruction of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation has intensified scrutiny of Ontario's wildfire response, with Indigenous communities bearing a disproportionate share of evacuations during the 2026 wildfire season.

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A chemical plant dumped mercury upriver from Grassy Narrows in the 1960s, and 2017 tests found downstream levels 130 times higher, raising fears the water was still being poisoned

Industrial mercury dumped into the English-Wabigoon River poisoned Grassy Narrows First Nation. For decades, residents suffered neurological and cognitive health issues from contaminated fish. A recent report revealed mercury levels far higher downstream, suggesting ongoing contamination. This discovery challenges the idea that the pollution was only a past event. Environmental…

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In 2015, a mine spill sent 3 million gallons of orange acidic wastewater into the San Juan River, and Diné farmers who grew ceremonial corn dropped from 13 to one

A 2015 mine spill contaminated the San Juan River, disrupting Diné life. This disaster severed cultural and spiritual connections to the sacred waterway. Diné activities like farming and gathering plants significantly decreased after the contamination. The spill caused a loss of intergenerational knowledge and traditional practices. Environmental justice requires recognising…

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He came to America as a slave. This Moroccan man later became one of North America's earliest explorers

Long before English colonists ever set foot in North America, an enslaved man born in Morocco had already walked thousands of miles across it, surviving shipwrecks, years of captivity and a journey that took him through present-day Florida, Texas and deep into the Southwest. His name was Estevanico, and his…

The Guardian - US

‘True Patriots’: a traveling play honors enslaved Africans’ role in the American revolution

Da’ Gullah American Revolutionary Experience retells the revolutionary war from the perspective of the formerly enslaved

International Business Times UK

'I'm Very Happy About This' Trump Celebrates Slashing 3 Million Acres of Land As Tribes Lose Sacred Homeland To Mining

President Trump signed proclamations reducing Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments by 90%, sparking legal challenges and tribal outrage over the loss of protected lands.

International Business Times UK

Trump Utah Monuments Size Reduction Puts Sacred Tribal Land and Mineral Wealth on Collision Course

Native American coalition leaders are heartbroken after Donald Trump used executive powers to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments.

The Guardian - US

Trump dramatically cuts size of two national monuments held sacred by tribes

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah will lose ‘close to a million and a half acres each’ and open land to developers and oil industry

The Independent UK

Innovation, data fixes fuel Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools

The U.S. agency that oversees dozens of schools serving Native Americans is reporting more on-time high school graduations than ever

The Times of India

This 500-year-old wooden mask once represented the Aztec god of death and the underworld

Carved from wood more than five centuries ago, a small skull faced mask held today at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore once gave physical form to one of the most feared and revered deities in the entire Aztec pantheon, Mictlantecuhtli, lord of the underworld. Measuring just 6.75 by 5.5…

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