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Professor resigns after outrage over false claims of Native American roots

Andrea Smith, an ethnic studies scholar at a California university, had faced decades of criticism for claiming Cherokee heritage

The Guardian - US

Millie Thompson Williams, first woman elected to help lead Texas’ Alabama-Coushatta, dies

Thompson Williams is remembered as a spiritual leader and educator who “liked seeing what the possibilities were.”

The Texas Tribune

Alaska report details 280 missing Indigenous people, including whether disappearances are suspicious

Law enforcement in Alaska has prepared a first-of-its-kind report detailing missing Alaska Natives and American Indians

The Independent UK

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‘I’m not the guilty one’: the water protector facing jail time for trying to stop a pipeline

Mylene Vialard goes on trial this week for opposing a pipeline on Indigenous land amid warnings peaceful protest is under threat

The Guardian - US

Nevada paying tribal workers better

There is strong evidence community health worker interventions can be effective in reducing health disparities

Salon

Tribal Ballot Measure To Legalize Marijuana In North Carolina

Voters in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will decide on a recreational marijuana measure on September 7th.

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Quebec judge gives go-ahead for lawsuit over sterilisation of Indigenous women

Three doctors accused of performing or coercing women into sterilisation procedures

The Guardian - UK

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Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker-run Indian boarding schools

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition says it will digitize 20,000 archival pages related to Quaker-operated Indian boarding schools

The Independent UK

Tribal ballot measure to legalize marijuana in North Carolina

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Ballotpedia

Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations

Hundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme that mostly targeted Medicaid’s American Indian Health Program

The Independent UK

‘A never-ending fight’: cancer and diabetes cases soar in wake of Mariana dam disaster

The poisoning of the Doce River is affecting Indigenous communities who, while still waiting for justice, are seeing an increase in illnesses barely heard of before the disaster

The Guardian - UK

Voters of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located within North Carolina, will decide on a marijuana legalization measure on Sep. 7

Two measures will appear on the ballot for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) voters on Sep. 7, 2023. One measure would allow mixed beverage permits for qualified establishments on tribal lands, and the other measure would legalize marijuana for adults who are at least 21 years old. The…

Ballotpedia

Tribal courts across the country are expanding holistic alternatives to the criminal justice system

Holistic treatment of people in the criminal justice system is not new in Indian Country, but there are new programs coming on board as well as expanded approaches

The Independent UK

‘Native Speakers’ to keep Koya language alive among soon-to-be displaced tribal children in Chintoor agency of Andhra Pradesh

AP govt. to engage Native Speakers to teach Koya language in Chintoor agency schools. SMC to identify & engage native speakers. UNO declared 2022-32 as Int'l Decade of Indigenous Languages. 15 native speakers to teach 323 tribal students in 6 V.R. Puram, 5 Yatapaka & 1 Chintoor mandal schools. SMC…

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Pregnant woman shot dead by police who mistook her for armed shoplifter

The family of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed by police in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against the police officers who were on the scene

The Guardian - UK

‘Fighting a huge monster’: mine battle in Guatemala became a playbook for polluters

Indigenous defenders opposing the Marlin mine were criminalised by a corporation and its state allies

Reason

Sixth Circuit Affirms (2-1) Dismissal of Nicholas Sandmann's Libel Lawsuit Against the N.Y. Times and Others

Some excerpts from Sandmann v. N.Y. Times Co., decided yesterday by the Sixth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Jane Stranch, joined by Judge Stephanie Davis (for more details, read the full opinions): On January 18, 2019, then-sixteen-year-old Nicholas Sandmann and his classmates had an interaction with a Native American…

The Guardian - US

Family of pregnant woman fatally shot by Colorado police sue

Destinee Thompson’s family file wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit after mother mistaken for robbery suspect

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The narco-highway creating chaos in a Honduran rainforest

If cutting continues along its current pace, most of the Moskitia forest – and the way of life it sustains – could be lost by 2050, much sooner for many parts

The Independent UK

Pregnant woman shot dead by police who mistook her for armed shoplifter

The family of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed by police in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against the police officers who were on the scene

The Independent UK

Ada Deer, influential Native American leader from Wisconsin, dies at 88

An esteemed Native American leader who was the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs has died

The Conversation

Michigan pipeline standoff could affect water protection and Indigenous rights across the US

Should states and Indigenous nations be able to influence energy projects they view as harmful or contrary to their laws and values? This question lies at the center of a heated debate over Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline, which carries oil and natural gas across Wisconsin and Michigan.

The Independent UK

US launches program to provide electricity to more Native American homes

The U.S. government will be putting more money toward getting electricity to Native American communities

The Independent UK

Federal officials plan to announce 2024 cuts along the Colorado River. Here's what to expect

Federal officials this week are expected to ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the Colorado River next year

The Independent UK

The EPA is investigating how California manages its water following complaints from tribes

President Joe Biden's administration has agreed to investigate how California manages its water

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