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Tribes Strike Historic Deal for Return of Children Buried at Residential School
The agreement is “finally righting a wrong that was done to us so many years ago,” said one Arapaho tribe member.
We Can Survive Together by Becoming Kin
“What kind of story are we setting ourselves up to replicate in the world?” asks “Becoming Kin” author Patty Krawec.
To Build an Abolitionist Future, We Must Look to Indigenous Pasts
Worlds without police and without prisons have already existed, predating colonization and slavery.
From Hawaii to Haiti, We Must Center Decolonization in Our Climate Action
Tourist “paradises” come at a steep price paid by native islanders and local ecosystems.
Line 3 Pipeline Water Protectors Head to Trial on Trumped-Up Felony Charges
Protesters who faced police torture to fight the pipeline are targets in a corporate crackdown on environmentalists.
New Mexico Schools Are Increasingly Embracing Restorative Justice
The shift comes as Indigenous leaders in the state have called for an end to the “criminalization of Native children.”
As US Begins Crackdown on PFAS, Indigenous Communities Are Getting Left Behind
Tribal water systems have gone largely untested because many are too small to meet the EPA’s PFAS testing parameters.
Judge Orders DOI to Move on Rule for Tribes Reapplying for Federal Recognition
A judge set a deadline for the Department of Interior to make changes to a ban on reapplying for federal recognition.
Indigenous Remains Destroyed as Federal Studies Undermine Repatriation Efforts
Federal funds have created incentives for institutions to hold on to ancestral remains, subverting the goals of NAGPRA.
Since “Dobbs” Ruling, Native People Face a Web of Obstacles to Reproductive Care
In addition to external constraints, many tribal governments appear reluctant to actively fight for abortion access.