Spring rains destroyed a harvest important to the Oneida tribe. Farmers are working to adapt On Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, white corn harvests are an important cultural practice The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024
Takeaways from AP's report on how Duck Valley Indian Reservation's water and soil is contaminated The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation have long grappled with contaminants in the soil and water The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024
A remote tribe is reeling from cancer. Lost documents point at Agent Orange and the US government Locals claim Agent Orange chemicals were sprayed extensively by the canals on Duck Valley Indian Reservation The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024
Freshman classes provide glimpse of affirmative action ruling's impact on colleges Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the numbers of Black students in their new freshman classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024
Human remains believed to be hundreds of years old found on shores of Minnesota lake People gathering wild rice from Minnesota’s third largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024
Oil Drilling Sparks Indigenous Outcry As Spills Tarnish Ecuador Amazon A thick slick of oil covers part of an estuary in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where the Indigenous Waorani people are imploring authorities to stop drilling for the black gold that keeps spilling into their environment. International Business Times · Sep 5, 2024
Wildlife trafficking ring killed at least 118 eagles, prosecutors say Prosecutors say a Washington state man helped kill at least 118 eagles to sell their feathers and body parts on the black market The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024
For decades, we’ve been told 80% of the world’s biodiversity is found on Indigenous lands – but it’s wrong Everyday people understandably rely on information quoted by scientists. But when that information turns out to be incorrect, things get complicated. The Conversation · Sep 4, 2024
Worlds most isolated tribe kill loggers encroaching on their land deep in Amazon rainforest Two loggers have been killed by the reclusive Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024
Tribal leaders push Republican Tim Sheehy to apologize for comments on Native Americans Tribal leaders in Montana are pressing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy to apologize over remarks he made about Native Americans being “drunk at 8 a.m.” Audio recordings of Sheehy’s racial comments were obtained by Char-Koosta News, the official publication of the Flathead Indian Reservation The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024
Trump-backed Senate candidate caught on tape disparaging Native Americans Tim Sheehy, locked in tight race with incumbent Democrat John Tester, repeatedly referred to Crow tribe at fundraisers The Guardian - US · Sep 4, 2024
Two loggers shot dead with arrows in clash with Indigenous group in Peruvian Amazon Two more people missing and one injured after attack by ‘uncontacted’ Mashco Piro in rainforest The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024
Women behind the lens: a journey into the dream world of the Sápara people of Ecuador A community project reflects the hopes and hardships of the Sápara, a dwindling Indigenous people guided by their dreams and connection to nature The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024
Trump-backed candidate in Montana caught on tape making racially-charged remarks about Native American tribe Sheehy is Trump’s pick for Montana’s Senate seat and will face Democratic Senator Jon Tester in November The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024 Shock as police chief taken off Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips murder case Activists and lawyers in Brazil say unexpected change is ‘a big step backwards’ in the investigation
Cycling Weekly · Aug 31, 2024 Neilson Powless on his Indigenous American ancestry and triathlon roots The US rider and his Ironman champ dad, Jack, tell Chris Marshall-Bell about their fun-first training ethos
International Business Times · Aug 31, 2024 Indigenous Mothers Fight To Search CIA Experiment Site In Montreal A group of Indigenous women are hoping to stop the bulldozers at a former Montreal hospital which they believe could hold the truth about children still missing from a grisly half-century-old CIA experiment.
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2024 Navajo Nation imposes stricter tribal law on transporting uranium across its land The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the US
The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024 Ecuador starts dismantling Yasuni National Park oil block two days before court deadline Ecuador’s Ministry for Energy and Mines says it has begun to dismantle infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, home to the Waorani Indigenous people
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2024 Mexico's traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels
Reason · Aug 24, 2024 Court Dismisses ASU Academic/Administrator's Libel Suit Against Journal That Had Retracted His Article, with Reference to Possible Plagiarism From Rodriguez v. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, decided Thursday by Chief Judge Murray Snow (D. Ariz.): This action concerns Dr. Cristobal Rodriguez's allegations of defamation and trade libel against Taylor & Frances Group, LLC …. Dr. Rodriguez is the Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Community, as well as…
The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024 Senators demand the USDA fix its backlog of food distribution to Native American tribes A bipartisan group of senators is expressing concern over the USDA's decision to use a single contractor to distribute food to Indian Reservations
The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024 Could a £2-a-day basic income be the key to protecting rainforests? Pilot scheme in Amazon communities of central Peru aims to help people choose a more sustainable way of living
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024 In Mexico, an Indigenous Triqui artist embraces his roots through contemporary rap Carlos CGH is an Indigenous artist in Mexico who aims to conserve his native Triqui language through rap
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024 Judge blocks Arizona lithium drilling that tribe says is threat to sacred lands A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that Native American leaders say will harm land they’ve used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries