Conversations on Native American Cultural Sovereignty
by Mitch Smith and Julie Boseman
The University of North Dakota, the latest U.S. college to acknowledge keeping Indigenous bones and artifacts, pledged to work with tribal leaders on returning them.
Source: Congress Told Colleges to Return Native Remains. What’s Taking So Long?
The Biden administration is in talks with tribes, environmental groups and others fighting for dams to be removed from the lower Snake River in the Pacific Northwest.
Source: Plaintiffs in Long Fight Over Endangered Salmon Hope a Resolution Is Near
by Livia Albeck-Ripka, The New York Times
Flash floods last week pushed burned soil, rocks and downed timber into the river, killing off, according to local tribal leaders, thousands of fish.
Source: California Fire and Floods Turn a River to ‘Sludge,’ Killing Thousands of Fish
Getting them returned from an obscure museum outside Boston hasn’t been easy for the descendants of those slain during the 1890 massacre in South Dakota.
Source: Native Americans fight for items looted from bodies at Wounded Knee
Archival documents reveal the true origins of a popular Colorado tourist attraction.
Source: What’s wrong with the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum and Preserve?
Some Indigenous leaders meeting with the Pope this week are requesting that he return these pieces of their history
Source: Delegates view Indigenous artifacts at Vatican with mix of awe and anger
In 2017, the Monacan Indian Nation learned of plans to build a water pumping station on the site of their historic capital, including sacred burial grounds.
Source: Battle over Native American burial site in Virginia ends in tribal victory
Tāne Mahuta, an ancient tree named after the god of forests in Māori mythology, is threatened by the slow creep of an incurable disease.
Source: How Maori Stepped In to Save a Towering Tree Crucial to Their Identity
from The Washington Post
Photographer Santiago Sierra Soler’s new book, “Nahual” is a collaborative effort made with the citizens of Ek-Balam, Yucatan.
The West’s largest green energy storage project would destroy a Yakama sacred site. Now, the nation is fighting back.
Source: ‘Cultural resources are not a renewable thing for us.’
