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Indigenous Activism
Indigenous Nations Mobilize Against ICE Targeting and Profiling
Many are working to ensure their citizens’ safety amid rising reports of Native people being stopped and questioned.
Biden Commutes Sentence of Indigenous Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier
Amnesty International noted there were “serious human rights concerns about the fairness” of Peltier's trial.
Indigenous Water Protectors Warn of Line 5 Pipeline’s Looming Dangers
Despite a decade-long fight, permits for a reroute threaten Wisconsin’s Bad River watershed and treaty rights.
Rebecca Nagle Calls for Confronting the Legacy of Colonization and Its Ongoing Threat to Native Rights
Rebecca Nagle discusses the ongoing fight for sovereignty, urging deeper understanding of Indigenous histories.
Thanksgiving Myths Aim to Silence Indigenous Voices. We Won’t Be Silent.
Let’s reject all settlers myths this Thanksgiving and honor Indigenous resistance.
Oil Threatens Decades of Indigenous-Led Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon
A state-owned oil company is exploiting loopholes of a project that has been key to safeguarding Ecuador's rainforest.
“Return the Land to Make it Right”: Q&A With Indigenous Activist Nick Tilsen
“This country ... talks about justice, and yet this entire country was built on the stolen lands of Native people.”
Judge Tosses Charges Against 3 Indigenous Water Protectors for Pipeline Action
“I’m glad to not be in jail,” says environmental activist Winona LaDuke. “I’m not a criminal, and Enbridge is.”
Ecuadorians Vote on Referendum to End Oil Drilling in Yasuní National Park
The vote offers Indigenous tribes and the entire country the possibility of “a different future,” said one advocate.
Abolitionist Mariame Kaba Uncovers Hidden History of Black-Native Solidarity
A new zine explores the role Black icon Dick Gregory played in the Civil Rights-era struggle for Native fishing rights.