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South Dakota tribe: Storm deaths 'could have been prevented'

A Native American tribe in South Dakota says several of its members died when December storms buried their reservation in snow and left them stranded

The Independent UK

Landmark deals give Indigenous key role in Canada resource projects

YQT community signs unprecedented agreement with coal company giving Indigenous leadership ‘veto’ on proposed project

The Guardian - US

The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities

Selling credits should fund forest protection, but unscrupulous firms are making deals where local land stewards lose out, say Indigenous leaders

The Guardian - UK

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Native Americans share trauma of Arizona boarding schools

Native American boarding school survivors of abuse and their descendants shared memories and tears in Arizona on U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's yearlong “Road to Healing” initiative

The Independent UK

Lula to visit Amazon amid vow to tackle Yanomami Indigenous crisis

Move comes after country’s minister for Indigenous people says issue is an ‘absolute priority’

The Guardian - UK

Peru protests: What to know about Indigenous-led movement shaking the crisis-hit country

Peru is in the midst of a political and civil crisis. Weeks of protest have culminated in thousands descending on the capital amid violent clashes and running battles with police.

The Conversation

First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk

The first Native American woman in space has ventured out on her first spacewalk

The Independent UK

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“Who ever thought I would be chief?” Texas’ Alabama-Coushatta tribe elects first female chief

Millie Thompson Williams was elected the tribe’s first female second chief, a lifetime appointment, last year. For the first time, her accession comes as women make up the majority of the tribe’s council.

The Texas Tribune

White House shares plans to help Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

The Biden-Harris administration on Tuesday announced multiple federal programs aimed at helping people in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

Tribune News Service

Ancient Siberian DNA upends our understanding of Native American migration

New evidence suggests that Native Americans may have traveled back to North Asia.

Inverse

Major Ecuador indigenous group threatens anti-mining protests

Ecuador's major indigenous organization said on Thursday it was preparing to hold protests in mining areas in an attempt to stop extractive activities near its communities.

Reuters

Tribe asks to take over former boarding school in Kansas

The Shawnee Tribe says it wants to take over ownership of a Kansas historical site that might contain unmarked graves of Native American students

The Independent UK

Biden declares Arizona floods a federal disaster for Havasupai tribe

The declaration provides funds and federal assistance for emergency and permanent infrastructure

The Guardian - US

Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday Sonia Guajajara as the nation’s first Indigenous person to head up a ministry

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Law protects export of sacred Native American items from US

A new law increases the penalties for trafficking Native American remains and cultural objects

The Independent UK

Native American man files lawsuit after being tasered by park ranger

Lawsuit calls on agency to adjust cultural practices

The Independent UK

Spending bill secures funds for Native American health care

Access to health care for Native Americans across the U.S. will be bolstered with funding included in a government spending bill approved by Congress

The Independent UK

In Peru, Kichwa tribe wants compensation for carbon credits

Residents in Kichwa Indigenous villages in Peru say they fell into poverty after the government turned their ancestral forest into a national park, severely restricted hunting and allowed the sale of forest carbon credits to oil companies

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The Independent UK

Benefits of federal law to remain out of Maine tribes' reach

Congress has halted a bill that would have allowed Native American tribes in Maine to get the same benefits of future federal laws that tribes across the rest of the U.S. do

Los Angeles Times

James Cameron's old comments prompt Native American boycott of new 'Avatar' sequel

If you haven't seen "Avatar: The Way of Water" yet, a social media campaign led by Native Americans hopes it'll stay that way.

The Guardian - US

Sônia Guajajara hails Brazil’s Indigenous ministry after Bolsonaro ‘turmoil’

The activist for native peoples says she will work to overturn the ‘catastrophic legacy’ from Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency

The Guardian - US

‘Historical pattern of disregard’: inside one of the last remaining US Indigenous boarding schools

Oregon’s Chemawa Indian School has been plagued by problems such as understaffing and allegations of misspending. Is there hope for its future?

Al Jazeera

US Native American tribes seek to reintroduce indigenous wildlife

Native American groups in the US are trying to restore local species like ferrets and foxes as extinctions increase.

The Independent UK

Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild 'relatives'

Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets were wiped out from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation by poisoning campaigns, disease and the loss of prairie where nomadic tribes once roamed

Los Angeles Times

As a sacred minnow nears extinction, Native Americans of Clear Lake call for bold plan

LAKEPORT, Calif. — Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago.

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