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Yanomami health crisis in Brazil can only be solved by expelling miners, official says

The medical emergency the Yanomami people of Brazil are suffering can only be overcome if illegal gold miners that invaded their reservation are evicted, an indigenous health official said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Feb 7, 2023

LOCALIZE IT: States seek safeguards for tribal child welfare

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The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

States push to enshrine protections for tribal children

A handful of U.S. states are considering legislation this year to include provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act in state law

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier in plea for clemency after 47 years in jail

Exclusive: Peltier, 78, convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1975, tells Guardian of desire to return home to tribal land

The Guardian - US · Feb 6, 2023

‘A different perspective’: the journalist reporting the Amazon through fresh eyes

Elaíze Farias, editor of news outlet Amazônia Real, wants her ‘post-colonial’ journalism to put the voices of marginalised people first

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Victims to speak in court in Chasing Horse's sex abuse case

Victims, detectives and federal agents are expected to speak in court Monday before a Las Vegas-area judge decides whether to grant bail to a former “Dances With Wolves” actor

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

May I have a word about… trigger warnings

Sensitivity in language is all well and good but, as novelist Anthony Horowitz found, it can be stifling

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023

Storm deaths ‘could have been prevented’, Indigenous leaders say

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in the US is seeking a presidential disaster declaration after six dead in winter snowstorms.

Al Jazeera · Jan 23, 2023

Evidence of 'genocide' among Brazil's indigenous Yanomami, says minister

Following reports of indigenous Yanomami children dying in Brazil of malnutrition and other diseases caused by illegal gold mining, there is strong evidence of "genocide," the country's Justice Minister Flavio Dino said on Monday.

Reuters · Jan 23, 2023

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 · Jan 23, 2023