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News
Racial Justice

Governor Orders Police at Mauna Kea to Stand Down

The Thirty Meter Telescope will not be built at this time.
by
Aliyah Chavez,
Indian Country Today
December 20, 2019
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Orang-hutan means “people of the forest” in Bahasa Indonesia and Melayu. Why are these majestic primates being hunted and abused?
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Orangutans Pay a Steep Price for the World’s Palm Oil

In just 20 years, palm oil producers have destroyed more than 80 percent of orangutan habitat.
by
Alaine Johnson,
Truthout
December 16, 2019
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People waving the Indigenous flag march in a rally
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

The Indigenous Worldview Is Our Only Hope for Survival

Our storytelling shapes our world and the Indigenous worldview sustained us through 99 percent of human history.
by
Four Arrows,
Truthout
November 28, 2019
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people gather for the first thanksgiving meal in a painting that has burned edges
Op-Ed
Racial Justice

Thanksgiving Is Dedicated to Erasing the Ruthlessness of English Settlers

Settler colonialism is based not on giving thanks but on the taking of Native life and land.
by
Joseph M. Pierce,
Truthout
November 28, 2019
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Thirty percent of people on the Navajo Nation Reservation haul their water from windmills, livestock tanks, natural springs and water stations. Unregulated drinking water sources are the greatest public health risk on the reservation, according to the EPA.
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Native Americans Have the Most Difficulty Accessing Clean Water, Report Says

The groundwater in some areas of the Navajo Nation has been contaminated by the 521 abandoned uranium mines.
by
Laurel Morales,
KJZZ
November 27, 2019
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Interview
Politics & Elections

Hundreds of Thousands Join National Strike in Colombia

The protests were triggered by proposed labor reforms and cuts to the pension system, as well as a deadly airstrike.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
November 22, 2019
Truthout
Interview
Politics & Elections

Anti-Indigenous Violence Escalates as Mass Protests Denounce Coup in Bolivia

At least 23 people have died amid worsening violence since President Evo Morales was forced to resign.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
November 18, 2019
Truthout
a wildfire lights the horizon where an imperiled house also stands
News Analysis
Racial Justice

When Disaster Strikes, Indigenous Communities Receive Unequal Recovery Aid

On average, tribal citizens receive only $3 per person, per year in federal government natural disaster aid.
by
Allison Herrera,
High Country News
November 18, 2019
Truthout
Bolivia's Vice President Álvaro García Linera arrives to speak at a press conference regarding the vote count of the constitutional referendum, in La Paz, Bolivia, on February 21, 2016.
Interview
Politics & Elections

Bolivian Vice President Álvaro García Linera on Marx and Indigenous Politics

García Linera offers a framework for how the left can overcome the limits and errors of twentieth-century socialism.
by
Marcello Musto,
Truthout
November 9, 2019
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Interview
Environment & Health

Illegal Loggers in Amazon Kill Indigenous Leader Paulo Paulino Guajajara

This is the latest in a wave of violence targeting Indigenous Land Protectors since the election of Jair Bolsonaro.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
November 4, 2019
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