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Tribal colleges tap US energy funds to build 'living labs'

The U.S. Department of Energy hopes to use nearly $15 million in federal grants to boost clean energy development at tribal colleges and universities around the country

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Families displaced from California neighborhood seek $2B

Black and Latino Californians who were displaced from a neighborhood in Palm Springs are seeking $2.3 billion in compensation from the city

The Independent UK

Canada to pay $800m to settle land dispute with five First Nations

Payment represents acknowledgment government and British Columbia have failed to honour treaty signed in 1899

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On Nevada trip, Haaland celebrates ‘new era’ of conservation

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday on a trip to Las Vegas that the newly designated Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in southern Nevada marks a new era of conservation

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What might Colorado River cuts mean for states?

The Biden administration floated two ideas this week for how Western states and Native American tribes could reduce their water use from the dwindling Colorado River

The Independent UK

‘Family policing system’: how the US criminalizes Black parenting

A Texas newborn’s recent removal from home illustrates the cruel treatment Black families face for their childcare decisions

The Guardian - US

Canada’s troubled relationship with its indigenous population

The discovery of a body in Canada has brought renewed focus to the disproportionately high rate of disappearances and murders of First Nations women, and to the country’s troubled relationship with its indigenous population.

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Chasing Horse's Nevada sex abuse trial on hold indefinitely

The sexual abuse trial of a “Dances With Wolves” actor charged in Nevada is on hold indefinitely

The Independent UK

Hyundai urged to stop illegal miners using its machines in Amazon

Greenpeace report finds heavy machinery made by South Korean firm contributing to destruction of Brazilian rainforest

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: We can’t let Oak Flat get sold to mining companies

Imagine that a giant mining company announces plans to dig down deep beneath the Vatican to extract precious minerals, collapsing St. Peter’s Basilica into a cavernous pit. While this unlikely scenario would be met with near-universal outrage, it’s effectively what’s happening in southeastern Arizona, to almost no national scrutiny.

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Tribes want national monument protection for Grand Canyon

Tribal leaders in Arizona say they hope to persuade the Biden administration to create protections for areas adjacent to the Grand Canyon, which they consider sacred

The Independent UK

New report outlines steps for University of Minnesota to repair its relationship with tribes

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota should take action to atone for nearly two centuries of abuses that continue to harm Indigenous people, researchers argue in a new report released this week.

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Judge dismisses drug charge against alleged cult leader

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas judge has dismissed a drug trafficking charge against an alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting and grooming Native American women and girls.

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Environmental defenders reel from Mexico and Central America attacks

At least two dozen activists in Indigenous and rural areas murdered, disappeared and jailed in wave of attacks

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More states allow residents with felony convictions to vote

Last month, thousands of people with felony convictions regained the right to vote in New Mexico, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to reintegrate residents into society by allowing them to participate in elections upon leaving prison.

Reuters

Blockade lifted at Colombia coal mine Cerrejon

Protesters in Colombia's northern La Guajira province have lifted a four-day blockade of a rail line and the entrance to an export terminal used by coal miner Cerrejon, the company said on Friday.

The Independent UK

US judge orders man held in case of missing Navajo woman

A New Mexico man will remain in federal custody pending trial on charges that stem from the 2021 disappearance of a Native American woman

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Tribe warns US government against moving ahead with mine

Native American tribal members fighting plans for an enormous copper mine on land they consider sacred say they are increasingly worried U.S. officials will move forward on the project even as they await a federal appellate court ruling in the case

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Tribe, US officials reach deal to save Colorado River water

A Native American tribe in Arizona has reached a deal with the U.S. government not to use some of its Colorado River water rights in return for $150 million and funding for a pipeline project

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3 Alaska Native tribes sue to block major gold mine project

Three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world

The Guardian - US

Indigenous Peruvians condemn US ambassador’s visit to palm oil company

Indigenous communities condemned Lisa Kenny’s visit, claiming company is operating on illegally deforested land

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Insurgents Approve Confiscation of Entire Neighborhood West of Sanaa

The Houthi insurgents began confiscating the western neighborhood of Sanaa, claiming they were built on endowment lands, after imposing a 20 percent levy for the "Zakat of Rikaz." Although a year has passed since the Houthis announced their intention to confiscate large areas of land in the Asr region on…

The Independent UK

Judge weighs request to toss Chasing Horse's sex abuse case

A “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls for decades is asking a judge in Nevada to dismiss a 19-count indictment against him

The Guardian - US

Horror in Winnipeg as another Indigenous woman’s body found in landfill: ‘It keeps happening’

Remains of Linda Mary Beardy, 33, spotted by staff at Canadian garbage dump amid crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women

Reuters

Canada unveils revised C$23 billion compensation deal for Indigenous children

Canada's federal government and a group of Indigenous people have reached a revised C$23.34 billion ($17.35 billion) agreement to compensate First Nations children and families for the decades of harm caused by a discriminatory welfare system.

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