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Indigenous Peoples
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How Canada Should Investigate Violence Against Indigenous Women
A national inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women must remain focused.
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Montana Tribe’s Water Deal Clears Major Senate Milestone
Blackfeet have waited decades to resolve their water claims but Congress is in no hurry.
Squatter’s Rights: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Fight Over Omaha Tribal Land
The case that will determine if the boundaries of Indian reservations can be redrawn by judicial fiat.
Beyond Flint, Michigan: Mainstreaming the Navajo Water Crisis
Current public outcry may be a harbinger of an environmental justice movement ready to galvanize itself towards a higher calling.
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Margaret Flowers and Jill Stein | Contaminated Water Requires a National Public Health Mobilization
Beyond Flint, water supplies across the US have been contaminated by radioactive pollution from abandoned uranium mines.
In North Dakota’s Booming Oil Patch, One Tribe Beat Back Fracking
The Turtle Mountain Band was among the first tribes to ban the drilling process. Here's the difference it made.
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Bundy Militia Claims Indigenous Paiute Land as Oregon Land
The “legal” basis for starting a fight with the federal government is that sovereignty “really” belongs to Oregon rather than the Paiutes.
“Conservation” Is Used to Justify the Displacement of Indigenous People
The idea that state conservation agencies have pursued their agendas at the expense of indigenous and local communities is not new.
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Indigenous Peoples of Ayutla, Dying of Neglect
In the indigenous region of Ayutla de los Libres, persecution against community leaders has intensified since 1998.
Fifteen Indigenous Rights Victories That You Didn’t Hear About in 2015
Indigenous rights victories give us all pause to celebrate, to reflect and to rejuvenate our own quests for justice.