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Indigenous knowledge steers new protections for the high seas

For centuries prior to modern conservation efforts, indigenous communities cared for the oceans with a fundamentally different philosophy – treating marine environments as family rather than a commodity. With the UN High Seas Treaty set to come into force in January, their knowledge is being formally recognised in the governance…

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Hegseth says soldiers in Wounded Knee Massacre of Lakota will keep their medals

Oglala Sioux chairman calls Hegseth's decision

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Hegseth says Wounded Knee massacre soldiers will keep Medals of Honor

Historical records say the US army killed about 250 Lakota Sioux people in the 1890 massacre in South Dakota

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Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for the actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards

The Independent UK

Indigenous groups criticize Ecuador’s $47 billion oil expansion plan in Amazon

Ecuador’s plans to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration for more than $47 billion has prompted opposition from seven Indigenous peoples in the Amazon

The Independent UK

Centuries-old map returned to Mexico after librarian’s discovery

The map is one of thousands of archaeological and cultural items reclaimed by Mexico in recent years

The Independent UK

A Navajo man cries out for water on a pinnacle in Utah: Elliot Ross’s best photograph

‘This is me shouting into the wind for change,’ said Tim, who lives in the Navajo Nation, where a third of residents have no running water. ‘But it falls on closed ears’

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Lumbee eyes recognition via NDAA as other tribes question their Indigenous past

Tribes say the Lumbee need traditional routes for recognition.

Axios

Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’

Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster

The Guardian - UK

Marchers gather in worldwide protest of financial institutions "profiting off the climate crisis"

On the eve of New York Climate Week, activists and members of the public have gathered to protest the financial institutions that are “making our lives more expensive while profiting off the climate crisis, war and genocide,” the organizers say

The Independent UK

Native public radio braces for ‘devastating and catastrophic’ Trump budget cuts

Indigenous broadcasters scramble to maintain weather alerts, language programs and local news

The Guardian - US

Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe's lawsuit against the New York Times and TMZ

A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon against the New York Times and TMZ

The Independent UK

Council begins legal action to remove ‘African tribe’ from new site in woods

The group were evicted from a previous site on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people

Julia Chuñil is one of 146 land defenders who were killed or went missing last year, a third of them from Indigenous communities

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What do the circus and US politics have in common? Ask these Black and brown circus artists

International Black Indigenous Circus Week in Philadelphia brings together artists specializing in aerial, juggling clowning and more for various panels and shows

The Independent UK

Scientific study suggests destruction of the Amazon rainforest directly impacts human health

New study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them

The Texas Tribune

Deb Haaland, Joan Huffman and Jake Tapper join this year’s TribFest lineup

The history-making former interior secretary, Houston’s longtime state senator and CNN’s lead DC anchor join us in Austin this November

The Independent UK

From slavery to pollution, National Park employees flagged material deemed 'disparaging' to US

Does Florida’s Everglades National Park represent a slight to development in America

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‘People say my music helps them heal’: Canada’s First Nations musicians revitalise the powwow

Confronting the historic trauma of forced assimilation, a wave of artists are rejuvenating hyper-diverse Indigenous cultures in the kinds of festivals that were once forbidden

The Guardian - UK

Peru accused of violating human rights after government rejects reserve for uncontacted people

Campaigners shocked after ministers voted against the 1.2m-hectare Yavari Mirim reserve after 20 years of debate

The Guardian - UK

My Bigfoot Life review – teen cryptozoologist’s Sasquatch search is an uplifting odyssey

Daniel Lee Barnett goes into the woods in search of the big shy guy, but the real story here is his family’s devotion to supporting their autistic son’s passion

Latin Times

Violence Against Officials Continues in Mexico as Guerrero Deputy Secretary is Killed in Broad Daylight Attack

Hossein Nabor Guillén was accused in 2024 of aiding Los Ardillos after a video showed him embracing the group's alleged leader, Celso Ortega Jiménez.

The Independent UK

Peru rejects creation of Amazon reserve to protect uncontacted tribes, drawing Indigenous outcry

Peru’s Congress has rejected a long-delayed proposal to create the Yavari Mirim Indigenous Reserve

The Independent UK

Three kids known to Arizona’s child services were murdered. Now officials want answers

Governor Katie Hobbs said earlier this week she wants to ensure ‘we’re focused on protecting the most vulnerable Arizonans’ after three kids were killed this year

The Independent UK

Federal judge ends 13-year oversight of Seattle Police Department after use-of-force reforms

A federal judge has returned full control of policing practices to the Seattle Police Department

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