A new federal investigation is looking into the “troubling legacy” of Indian boarding schools in the U.S., including one in Minnesota.
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Indigenous People of Brazil Fight for Their Future
by Nick Estes
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has given new license to the killing of Indigenous people in Brazil. Before he came to power in 2019, it wasn’t clear
Pole Stands as Mother for Lost Children
from Ha-Shilth-Sa
Source: https://hashilthsa.com/
Ha-Shilth-Sa is Canada’s oldest First Nations newspaper and is the newspaper of record of the Nuu-chah-nulth people. It has been published by the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council since 1974. Ha-Shilth-Sa means “interesting news” in the Nuu-chah-nulth language.
Ha-Shilth-Sa reports on the activities and initiatives of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, and provides a First Nations’ perspective on news from Vancouver Island, around the province and across Canada.
In Coastal California, the Tongva Sustainably Hunted Marine Mammals for Centuries | Hakai Magazine
from Hakai Magazine
By targeting subadults instead of pups, the Tongva of Santa Catalina Island may have mitigated their effect on marine mammal populations.
Source: In Coastal California, the Tongva Sustainably Hunted Marine Mammals for Centuries | Hakai Magazine
144 Years after the Battle of Little Bighorn, Lakota Values Endure
from Smithsonian Magazine
On June 25 and 26, 1876, warriors of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho nations defeated Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Americans have always remembered the battle. What we often forget are the difficult decisions tribal leaders made afterward to ensure the safety of their people. The values that guided them then—generosity, perseverance, bravery, and wisdom—continue to serve the Lakota people today.
Source: 144 Years after the Battle of Little Bighorn, Lakota Values Endure
First Americans Museum set to open
from Indian Country Today
‘I want them to understand the great diversity we have among our tribes’
The ‘slow-motion genocide’ of the Chinook Indian Nation
from High Country News
Federal recognition provides tribes with critical healthcare and education. What happens to the tribal nations that the U.S. refuses to recognize?
Source: The ‘slow-motion genocide’ of the Chinook Indian Nation
A Cave With Ancient Drawings Has Been Sold, But Not To The Tribe That Hoped To Buy It
from National Public Radio
Leaders of the Osage Nation had hoped to buy the land that contains the 1,000-year-old images. An auction bidder agreed to pay $2.2 million for 43 acres including the cave 60 miles west of St. Louis.
Source: A Cave With Ancient Drawings Has Been Sold, But Not To The Tribe That Hoped To Buy It
Statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City to be replaced by Indigenous female figure
The mayor said it was time for a change of landscape and to make way for a monument that delivered “social justice.”
Source: Statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City to be replaced by Indigenous female figure
from The Washington Post
US Army to return remains of 10 Native American children to families | WITF
Aleut family members will return the remains of one child to Saint Paul Island in Alaska, and Rosebud Sioux descendants will take nine children back to a tribal veteran’s cemetery in South Dakota or to private family plots.
Source: US Army to return remains of 10 Native American children to families | WITF