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Indigenous Peoples
Labor Leaders Support the Dakota Access Pipeline — but This Native Union Member Doesn’t
Big unions have denounced the water protectors. But the voices of indigenous union members have been missing.
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Montana’s Beef With Buffalo and Yellowstone’s Buffalo Battle
Environmentalists say the annual cull of Buffalo threatens the genetic diversity of the animal and puts them at risk of extinction.
What? Army Corps Suddenly Decides Coal Trains Won’t Harm Salmon-Filled Columbia River
At the Longview Millennium coal export facility, water protectors know coal dust is like a pipeline accident that happens daily.
Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Brings Pipeline Opposition to Meeting With President Obama
Cheyenne River Sioux chairman Harold Frazier spoke with FSRN by phone just hours after meeting with President Obama.
The United States Has Still Not Acknowledged It Committed Genocide Against Indigenous Peoples
Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz discusses how genocide against Native peoples is integral to settler colonialism.
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Fifteen Indigenous Struggles You Need to Know About
All over the world today, Indigenous peoples are confronting the destructive practices of industry.
More Than Two Dozen Alaskan Native Villages Face Relocation
In Alaska, relocation of villages due to climate change is becoming common enough to have a name — climigration.
The Pillaging of Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve
Violent expansion of the agricultural frontier in Nicaragua has produced devastating consequences.
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The Many Pernicious Myths About Native Americans That Need to Be Uprooted Now
Most US citizens' knowledge about Native Americans is inaccurate, distorted or limited to elementary-school textbooks and spaghetti westerns.
Canadian Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Inuit Case With Global Implications
After years of struggle against Big Oil, the Inuit people of Clyde River will have their day in court on November 30.