Conversations on Native American Cultural Sovereignty
Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago, the earliest firm evidence for humans in the Americas and show people must have arrived here before the last Ice Age.
Source: Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago
They are being recovered from seed banks, university vaults, and museum shelves.
Source: Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes
A new federal investigation is looking into the “troubling legacy” of Indian boarding schools in the U.S., including one in Minnesota.
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
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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.
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
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
‘I want them to understand the great diversity we have among our tribes’
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
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