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Money from Washington's landmark climate law will help tribes face rising seas, climate change

Tens of millions of dollars raised by a landmark climate law in Washington state will go to Native American tribes that are at risk from climate change and rising sea levels to help them move to higher ground, install solar panels, buy electric vehicles and restore wetlands

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Killer filmed himself torturing two Alaska Native women: ‘In my movies, everyone dies’

Brian Steven Smith was sentenced to 226 years in prison for the deaths of Kathleen Henry, 30, and Veronica Abouchuk, 52

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Indigenous leaders frustrated despite cloak’s return to Brazil after 300 years

Denmark returns artefact but Tupinambá de Olivença leaders say they were prevented from performing the necessary rituals to receive sacred relic

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Nickel Hub 'Apocalyptic' For Uncontacted Indonesia Tribe, Say NGOs

Deforestation at one of Indonesia's largest nickel processing hubs is threatening an Indigenous group that is among the country's last uncontacted tribes, rights groups allege.

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Last queen of Hawaii and deep-sea mining

As the U.N. weighs ocean floor mining, Hawai'i just banned the practice

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Amazon deforestation cut by 83% in places protected by Indigenous communities – new research

Although deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have halved, it is still losing more than 5,000km² every year. That’s an area three times larger than Greater London.

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Man gets 226-year prison sentences for killing 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one

A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced in Anchorage Friday to 226 years in prison

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For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running out

Quinault Indian Nation, in Washington state, has spent at least a decade working to relocate hundreds of people whose homes are threatened by a rising Pacific Ocean

The Independent UK

Bizhiki: Unbound review – commanding Native American songcraft

Powwow singing from Joe Rainey and Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings blends with electronic production on a spirited album that reframes a rich cultural tradition

The Guardian - UK

Brazil's Vaunted Academy Seeks To Shed Image As White Men's Club

On a warm night in tropical Rio de Janeiro, a who's who of the literary and cultural scene descend on the palatial halls of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, decked out in gold-trimmed uniforms.

International Business Times

Amazon Tribes Win Lawsuit Over Carbon Credits In Colombia

Colombia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial carbon credit deal in the Amazon rainforest, which six local tribes said had been signed without their consent.

International Business Times

Man shot dead two teenage sisters after dad caught him hiding in bedroom, police say

The man ‘assembled a Glock-style handgun from parts he ordered online’, according to police

The Independent UK

‘Just give me 30 men and a few arms’: Honduran Indigenous groups ready to fight to save land

Miskito and other groups demand government action against criminal forces behind an unprecedented wave of deforestation in their territory

The Guardian - UK

More Indigenous youth are learning to spearfish, a connection to ancestors and the land

Spearfishing connects many Indigenous people in the northern Great Lakes region to their ancestors and to a sense of shared responsibility for the land, which is why parents, family members, local leaders and community organizations are so invested in teaching the next generation

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Georgia slave descendants submit signatures to fight zoning changes they say threaten their homes

Residents of one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants have submitted signatures in hopes that they can force a referendum on whether to reverse zoning changes that they fear will make them sell their land

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Behind Upper Midwest tribal spearfishing is a long and violent history of denied treaty rights

A fraught and violent history for centuries disrupted Indigenous people’s lives in the Upper Midwest, barring them from traditional food gathering practices like spearfishing, hunting and harvesting wild rice

The Independent UK

As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing

Members of the Ojibwe and other tribes in the northern Great Lakes region have spearfished walleye for centuries, where the practice is a right enshrined in 19th century treaties, a historic part of their culture and an important part of food sovereignty

The Independent UK

North Dakota tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation

A Native American tribe in North Dakota is planning a sprawling greenhouse complex on its reservation

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As Canada braces for a raging summer, Indigenous communities remain displaced

Indigenous land is disproportionately affected by wildfire and their isolated nature makes aid access difficult

The Conversation

Looking for Indigenous history? ‘Shekon Neechie’ website recentres Indigenous perspectives

Shekon Neechie: An Indigenous History Site is a website created by seven established Indigenous scholars on June 21, 2018. Among our editorial board, four hold research chair positions and two direct academic units of Indigenous Studies at Canadian universities.

Latin Times

Latino advocates in California call on president Biden to protect Chuckwalla lands

They met with President Joe Biden's administration and members of Congress in Washington.

The Guardian - US

Canadian woman gets three years’ jail in first ever sentencing for a ‘Pretendian’

Karima Manji, whose daughters accessed over C$150,000 in benefits for Inuit residents, pleaded guilty in February

The Conversation

Brats, dragons and supermodels – what to see and listen to this week

In 2022, it was estimated that more than 4,200 cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women remained unsolved in the US. To make a film that explores this injustice with dignity and authenticity is no mean feat. To make a film that does so, and still has the joy of…

Evening Standard

Fancy Dance on Apple TV+ review: Lily Gladstone proves she doesn't need Scorsese to shine

Gladstone and young co-star Isabel Deroy-Olson are superb as a Native American aunt and niece kicking against the system in new Apple TV+ drama

The Conversation

Fancy Dance film review: heartbreaking but beautiful tale draws attention to the struggles of reservation life

Fancy Dance is a powerful, disquieting film. Written, directed and acted by Native Americans, it gives an unflinching view of life on the rez (reservation). Writer and director, Erica Tremblay (of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation) does not shy away from showing the darker side of things, including the frequent murder of…

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