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A woman disappeared without a trace 23 years ago. But a new ‘significant’ tip is giving her friends hope

Melissa Montoya disappeared after a night out in Dulce, New Mexico on March 9, 2001. For 23 years, there was no movement in the case but Darlene Gomez, an advocate for MMIW cases, never gave up the search for her friend. She tells Andrea Cavallier how a new tip could…

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Lawsuit filed over measure approved by Arkansas voters that revoked planned casino's license

Cherokee Nation Entertainment has filed a lawsuit challenging a measure Arkansas voters approved this week that revokes its license for a planned casino in the state

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Canada and churches have moral obligations for the reparations of missing and disappeared Indigenous children: Final Report

Independent Special Interlocutor Kimberly Murray has released her final report after two years of examining the issue of missing and disappeared Indigenous children and unmarked burials sites at residential schools in Canada.

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Murray Sinclair, First Nation advocate for justice and Canadian senator, has died

Murray Sinclair, a former First Nation judge, senator and chair of the commission that delved into Canada’s troubled history of residential schools for First Nations students, has died

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Indigenous Canadian judge who reshaped nation’s legal system dies aged 73

‘Brilliant mind’ praised by prime minister for pioneering country’s Indigenous reconciliation efforts

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Police in Brazil indict Colombian fish trader in high profile killing in Amazon region

Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday

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Alleged mastermind in murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira formally charged

Brazilian federal police announce end of two-year inquiry into killing of journalist and Indigenous expert in Amazon

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Man who killed 118 eagles and sold off their parts on the black market to be sentenced

The defendant and others killed at least 107 hawks and as many as 3,600 birds overall, prosecutors said.

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Man who killed eagles and trafficked their parts faces sentencing Thursday

A Washington state man who pleaded guilty to killing eagles on a Native American reservation in Montana is facing sentencing Thursday

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Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

Hundreds of Indigenous people were marching Wednesday in Brazil’s capital, urging Congress to drop a proposed constitutional amendment that has the potential to paralyze and even reverse land allocations

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AP PHOTOS: Emptiness sculpts everything from daily life to politics on Arizona's Navajo Nation

Emptiness paints the vast ranges and rugged mountains of Arizona’s 22 Native reservations, sculpting daily life, culture and even politics in nearly a quarter of the state

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Eagle feathers play a sacred role in powwows. Poachers are exploiting the high demand

America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies

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On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Lorraine Black and Ricky Gillis started filing paperwork to get their rural home in Navajo Nation connected to the electric grid

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Native American Voters Hold Key In 2024 Election

Learn about the pivotal role of Native American voters in the 2024 presidential election and the key issues driving their influence in swing states.

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President Biden Apologizes For Indigenous Boarding School Abuse

President Biden's apology for Indigenous boarding school abuse sparks calls for reparations and healing in Native communities.

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Navy apologizes more than a century after shelling and burning of Alaskan Tlingit village

The U.S. Navy shelled a southwest Alaska Tlingit village in 1882, then burned what was left of the homes, food caches and canoes

The Independent UK

Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow

President Joe Biden has done something that no other sitting U.S. president has: He apologized for the systemic abuse generations of Indigenous children endured at the hands of the federal government

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Biden apologises for ‘sin’ of Indigenous boarding school abuses

Forced assimilation policy is a ‘sin on our soul’, said Biden in first-ever visit to Native American country.

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Biden formally apologizes for Indian boarding schools: ‘a blot on US history’

President’s historic remarks, alongside Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, given at Gila Crossing school near Phoenix

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Biden To Apologize For Abusive Native American Boarding Schools

US President Joe Biden was set on Thursday to deliver a historic apology for one of the country's "darkest chapters": the abduction of Native American children from their families and placement in abusive boarding schools aimed at erasing their culture.

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From Confederate general to Cherokee heritage: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters

It’s not every day that the name of a mountain is restored to the one used by Indigenous peoples for centuries.

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Biden's Historic Visit To Indian Country In Arizona

President Biden's visit to Gila River Indian Community in Arizona underscores reconciliation efforts and support for tribal nations, impacting voter turnou...

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Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes

President Biden is expected to issue an historic apology Friday for the 150-year government effort to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools

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President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy

President Joe Biden is preparing to issue an historic apology during his first diplomatic visit to a tribal nation as president on Friday

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In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities

The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and simply getting from one place to another

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