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Brazilian constitution translated into Indigenous language for first time

Translation into Nheengatu hailed as a historical moment for the country and its native populations

The Guardian - US

Women face sexual violence in Manipur, video clip surfaces

In Manipur, three women were stripped and paraded by a mob in May. Police have now registered a case of gang-rape and abduction and will soon make arrests.

The Hindu

A hundred years of logging threatens the Innu link to their land

“Nutshimit,” which means “the interior of the land,” is Innu poet Joséphine Bacon’s favourite word because it is intimately linked to Innu identity. Nutshimit, the place where the Innu soul is deposited, is what created the links with the land that have ensured the survival and cultural and social development…

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Woman tried to avoid bison, Yellowstone officials say, but was gored: A possible reason why

An Arizona woman thought she was doing the right thing.

Los Angeles Times

Solving water challenges is complex – learn how law, health, climate and Indigenous rights all intersect in developing solutions

In the U.S., most consumers take clean and available fresh water for granted, and water usually becomes front-page news only when there’s a crisis. And the past year has seen its share of water-related crises, whether it’s the effects of a prolonged drought in the U.S. Southwest or floods that…

The Conversation

Man sentenced to prison for fraud scheme targeting Michigan tribe

A 69-year-old man has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that led to a federally recognized American Indian tribe in Michigan losing more than $1 million, authorities announced Monday.

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Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts dating back 12,000 years from natural disasters, looters

Archaeologists have been gingerly digging up the ground at a site in central Louisiana this summer to unearth and preserve evidence of prehistoric occupation

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Manitoba's reasons for refusing to search for Indigenous women's remains in landfill are a smokescreen

A Manitoba court recently granted police authority to clear a blockade set up by demonstrators near the Brady Road landfill just outside Winnipeg. Indigenous activists and supporters gathered to protest the province’s decision not to fund a search for the bodies of Indigenous women believed to be at Prairie Green…

The Conversation

9th Circuit denies bid by environmentalists and tribes to block Nevada lithium mine

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line

The Independent UK

Manipur | After Kuki Inpi hardens stance, signs of fissures among groups demanding separation

Kuki-Zou CSOs divided on specifics of separation from Manipur. ITLF seeks separate State/UT, Zomi Council wants to discuss specifics in negotiations. Hmar Inpui re-affirms identity, tilts towards Zomi Council

The Hindu

In a first, Colorado names hiking trail after Black guide and outdoorsman

Dedication of the 3-mile loop to Winston Walker comes after a push to make national parks more inclusive

The Guardian - US

How model Cherokee Jack is staying true to his Aniyunwiya roots

One of the Wallpaper* USA 300, Minnesota-born Cherokee Jack is both a model and advocate for the environment, mutual aid and food sovereignty

Wallpaper

Mexican president continues attacking opposition candidate, despite electoral agency's order to stop

Mexico’s president plowed ahead with attacks against the opposition front-runner for the 2024 presidential elections despite a ruling by electoral authorities that he had violated equity and neutrality rules

The Independent UK

Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan

Justice Brett Kavanaugh points to the mixed decisions that emerged from the U_S_ Supreme Court this term as he seeks to dispel notions of a partisan high court, He told a judicial conference in Minnesota on Thursday that the high court is “an institution of law, not of politics, not…

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Canada’s Indigenous women forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits allege the practice has not ended in Canada

The Independent UK

Idaho sued over law making it a crime to help minors get abortions without parental consent

Two advocacy groups and an attorney who works with sexual assault victims are suing Idaho over a new law that makes it a felony to help minors get an abortion without their parents’ consent

The Independent UK

Search for children's remains continues at former Native American boarding school in Nebraska

Amid a renewed push for answers, archeologists plan to resume digging for student remains at the site of a former Native American boarding school

The Guardian - US

‘We’re used to being told no’: the Lakota people’s fight for sacred land

In a powerful Mark Ruffalo-produced documentary, a long-running battle for land that was once stolen is brought to light

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Mexico's president breaks with tradition in quarrel with scrappy opposition upstart

Mexico’s president has vowed to continue campaigning against the opposition front-runner for the 2024 presidential elections, breaking a longstanding tradition of presidents staying out of the race to succeed them

The Guardian - US

Brazil says illegal miners driven from Indigenous territory, but ‘war’ not over

Country’s top cop said 90% of miners despoiling Yanomami land had been expelled, though experts say they are only displaced

The Independent UK

In search of a lost cemetery, dig begins at a former Native American school in Nebraska

Archeologists are set to begin digging in a central Nebraska field to find the bodies of more than 80 children who were buried at a Native American boarding school

The Hindu

Centre holds back-door talks with Kuki groups in New Delhi

The Central government has assured Kuki groups that those guilty of committing violence in Manipur will face the law, but made it clear that a political solution can only be achieved after normalcy returns in the State.

Daily Mirror

World's most prolific Bigfoot hunter who claimed she filmed 'beast’ found dead

Caludia Ackley claimed she spotted Bigfoot while hiking with her daughters in California. It inspired years of investigating, research and meetings with other spotters

The Independent UK

South Dakota governor slams Ben & Jerry’s for July 4 call to return ‘stolen indigenous land’ including Mount Rushmore

The South Dakota Republican called Mount Rushmore “the greatest symbol of our freedom” in US history.

The Independent UK

Bigfoot hunter who dedicated her life to proving the creature existed is found dead

‘I swear to God, on my life, we ran into a Sasquatch,’ Claudia Ackley said in one video

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