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Is the Stock Market Closed on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2025?

Some, but not all, investors will enjoy a three-day weekend thanks to the Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day holidays.

Kiplinger

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s alleged murderers to face jury trial

Judge makes ruling as trio remain in custody over Amazon killing of indigenous expert Pereira and journalist Phillips, a Guardian contributor

The Guardian - AU

Full list of US 2023 federal holiday dates

The list of US federal holidays is made up of 11 days of significance that Americans recognise and celebrate

The Independent UK

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I'm working to revitalize an Indigenous language and bring it into the future

Language is foundational to Indigenous communities, including my own, and a vital connection to our cultures.

The Conversation

Indigenous Peoples Day offers a reminder of Native American history − including the scalping they endured at the hands of Colonists

For the third year, the United States will officially observe Columbus Day alongside Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 9, 2023.

The Conversation

Brazil's government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the Amazon

Brazil’s government has started removing non-Indigenous people from two native territories in a move likely to affect thousands who live in the heart of the Amazon rainforest

The Independent UK

Saskatchewan’s revised policy for consulting Indigenous nations is not nearly good enough

The Government of Saskatchewan announced its revised framework for consultation with First Nation and Métis communities in August 2023. This framework sets out the provincial government’s latest approach to fulfilling its constitutional duty to consult and accommodate Indigenous Peoples. However, Indigenous leaders say the changes do not go far enough.

The Conversation

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‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe reels after exclusion from US marine sanctuary

The Chumash tribe had advocated for California’s central coast to be protected, but a draft management plan left out the stretch they had hoped would be protected

The Guardian - US

Man in Maga hat charged over shooting of Indigenous activist at statue protest

Jacob Johns seriously injured at protest against reinstallation of statue honoring Spanish conquistador in Española, New Mexico

The Guardian - US

Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel

The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrunk their territory from a 2.5 million acre expanse in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse

The Independent UK

What is Orange Shirt Day and how is it commemorated in Canada?

Orange Shirt Day aims to honour Indigenous children who were forced to attend residential schools rife with abuse.

Al Jazeera

Rounded up! South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls rustle up hundreds of bison in nation's only roundup

South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls are rounding up a herd of more than 1,500 bison as part of an annual effort to maintain the health of the species, which has rebounded from near-extinction

The Independent UK

Man who faked Native American heritage to sell his art in Seattle sentenced to probation

A Washington state man who falsely claimed Native American heritage to sell his artwork at downtown Seattle galleries has been sentenced to probation and community service

The Independent UK

New Mexico statue protest shooting: Everything we know

Ryan Martinez, 23, has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault over a shooting in the New Mexico city of Española that left one man wounded. Oliver O’Connell reports

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Things to know about the Klamath River dam removal project, the largest in US history

The largest dam removal project in U.S. history is underway along the border between California and Oregon

The Guardian - UK

Brazil’s first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples: ‘It is time for the world to look at our way of life’

Sônia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil’s most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers – and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis

Al Jazeera

Judge sides with US slave descendants in Indigenous citizenship dispute

A judge with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ruled an 1866 treaty offers path to citizenship for Black slave descendants.

The Conversation

Indigenous-authored novels: 5 great contemporary reads for young adults

The Toronto District School Board recently pledged to replace Grade 11 English courses in all 110 of its secondary schools with the now-mandatory First Voices course.

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The Independent UK

The one-time boyfriend of a Navajo woman has been convicted of her fatal shooting in emblematic case

The boyfriend of a Navajo woman whose case was emblematic of a movement launched to draw attention to an epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women was convicted of first-degree murder in her fatal shooting

The Independent UK

Muscogee Nation judge rules in favor of citizenship for slave descendants known as freedmen

A judge for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma has ruled in favor of two descendants of Black slaves once owned by tribal members

The Conversation

Inside the search for the unmarked graves of children lost to Indian Residential Schools — Podcast

More than 150,000 Indigenous children from across Canada were forced to attend Indian Residential Schools. And as we know, many never made it home.

The Guardian - UK

In the line of fire: Indigenous brigades battling forest blazes in the Amazon

The photographer Victor Moriyama follows an Indigenous fire brigade as they try to fill the gap left by the Brazilian state in Rondônia, one of the most deforested regions of the Amazon

The Independent UK

Chinese immigrant workers sue over forced labor at illegal marijuana operation on Navajo land

A group of Chinese immigrant workers is suing over forced labor and human trafficking claims that stem from an illegal marijuana growing operation in northwestern New Mexico

The Conversation

Transportation paved the way for colonization — it can also support reconciliation

As Canada marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, individuals and institutions are being urged to acknowledge the colonial origins of this country, which are rooted in the persecution and genocide of Indigenous nations.

The Independent UK

Full list of US 2023 federal holiday dates

The list of US federal holidays is made up of 11 days of significance that Americans recognise and celebrate

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