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It's the longest bridge ever built in Peru, and so far, it goes nowhere

It is the longest bridge ever built in Peru, a massive structure of cement and iron spanning the Nanay River as it connects to untouched areas of the Peruvian Amazon

The Independent UK

Indigenous women in Ecuador take on soccer by inventing a sport: handball in traditional skirts

In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had always been a man’s thing

The Independent UK

The haunting of Reagan's corruption

For the last 40 years, it has been a slide down a slippery slope into authoritarianism and ignorance

Salon

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US admits dams in Pacific north-west have devastated Native Americans

US says dams killed off salmon, inundated villages and burial grounds, and spirited wealth away from tribes

The Guardian - US

‘Decolonizing Lens’: Winnipeg and virtual film series reflects the beauty of Indigenous worldviews

Decolonizing Lens is a film and discussion series based in Winnipeg that brings together Indigenous filmmakers, their films and audiences as a form of public education.

The Conversation

‘Fancy Dance’ with Lily Gladstone balances heartbreak, humor in story of a missing Indigenous woman

In “Fancy Dance,” Lily Gladstone stars as Jax, who is searching for her missing sister and caring for her young niece

The Independent UK

Prestigious Dulwich prep school drops Native American house names after cultural appropriation complaints

The houses have been renamed after mythical creatures

The Independent UK

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Through connection to their land, Tarahumara runners are among Mexico's most beloved champions

They were born to run

The Independent UK

A few midwives seek to uphold Native Hawaiian birth traditions. Would a state law jeopardize them?

A group of midwives who focus on traditional Native Hawaiian birth practices are trying to block a Hawaii law that requires midwives to obtain licenses

The Independent UK

Report uncovering biased policing in Phoenix prompts gathering in support of the victims

Supporters of over two dozen alleged victims of civil rights violations at the hands of Phoenix police plan to speak out a day after a scathing Justice Department report

The Independent UK

Hawaii’s new law could jail traditional midwives. They are fighting back

A new law threatens traditional midwifery practices that go back for generations. Danielle Campoamor reports

The Independent UK

DOJ finds Phoenix Police discriminated against minorities in historic investigation

The DOJ found, among other things, the Phoenix Police Department violates constitutional rights, particularly those of homeless, Hispanic and Black people

Latin Times

US Catholic Bishops Apologize To Indigenous People For Past Mistreatment

US Catholic Bishops issue formal apology to Indigenous people for historical mistreatment and trauma inflicted by the Catholic Church.

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Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations

A report published by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of Indigenous homelands in Colorado, quantifies the value of the land and resources taken and outlines the state education system’s omission of that history in its curriculum

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Ruing past boarding-school abuses, US Catholic bishops consider new outreach to Native Americans

U.S. Catholic Bishops convening for a two-day meeting are considering a new, multifaceted program of outreach to Native American Catholics

The Independent UK

Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says

The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force

The Guardian - UK

Maya twins myth may have influenced child sacrifices, study suggests

DNA testing on 64 skeletons shows related boys were probably chosen as offerings in ancient city of Chichén Itzá

The Independent UK

Native American tribe is on a preservation mission as it celebrates trust status for ancestral lands

A Native American community in the heart of New Mexico has officially doubled in size as more than 93 square miles of ancestral land was taken into trust by the U.S. government for Santa Ana Pueblo

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Magic mushrooms helped a Navajo woman deal with trauma. Now she wants to help others

Marlena Robbins believes psilocybin could help treat mental health and addiction issues among Native Americans

The Guardian - UK

World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’

Institutions alleged to have given billions of dollars to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are harming the rainforests

The Independent UK

Nevada has a plan to expand electronic voting. That concerns election security experts

Voting on reservations across the country has historically been exceedingly difficult, with tribal voters sometimes having to travel long distances to their polling place or facing barriers because they don’t have a physical address

The Independent UK

What to know about Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier's first hearing in more than a decade

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has spent most of his life in prison since being convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota

The Independent UK

Judge dismisses Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona

A U.S. district judge has dismissed claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who sought to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line

The Independent UK

Supreme Court sides with Native American tribes in health care funding dispute with government

The Supreme Court is siding with Native American tribes who said they faced increased costs after taking over management of their own health care programs from the federal government

The Guardian - US

‘A sanctuary’: how neglected Native American communities are organizing their own food hubs

The hubs seek to produce, store and distribute food to the one-quarter of Native Americans experiencing food insecurity

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