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Indigenous Activism
Why Did Mexican Police Make 43 Student Teachers Disappear?
Forty-three mostly indigenous student teachers disappeared in Mexico after they challenged the lucrative, private school industry.
Lakota Sioux Tribe Invokes “Bad Men” Treaty Clause Over Keystone Pipeline
The tribe is demanding that the feds remove TransCanada.
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Louisiana Tribe Renews Fight for Federal Recognition in the Face of Sinking Lands, Environmental Disasters
The United Houma Nation is taking yet another stand.
Awaiting Justice: Indigenous Resistance in the Tar Sands of Canada
The Nation of the Lubicon Cree is on the frontlines of environmental destruction.
First Amazon Indigenous Person to Run London Marathon
Nixiwaka is raising vital funds for Survival International u2013 the global movement for tribal peoples' rights.
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Transnational Companies Driving Deadly Conflict in Guatemalan Indigenous Territory
The communities have come to view the energy projects as yet another invasion of their territory.
Tribes Call on World Leaders to Recognize Their Right to Hunt
Indigenous organizations and thousands of people from around the world have called on delegates attending a major conference on the illegal wildlife trade to recognize tribal peoples' right to …
Pit River Tribe and Allies Rally to Protect Medicine Lake
On March 12, the Pit River Tribe and their Native American and environmental allies optimistically left the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
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Deep in the Amazon, a Tiny Tribe Is Beating Big Oil
The people of Sarayaku are a leading force in 21st-century indigenous resistance.
Native Americans Confront History of Dispossession
Congress passed a measure that would give lands sacred to Native Americans in Arizona to a foreign company.