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![An Indian boarding school](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0731-boarding-school-400x300.jpg)
At Least 973 Native Children Died in the US’s Abusive Boarding School System
The Interior Department’s investigative report also issues recommendations but stops short of calling for reparations.
![Museum guards redirect visitors on the first day of the closure of the American Museum of Natural History Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains indigenous exhibition halls](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0319-nagpra-400x300.jpg)
New Federal Rules for Native Remains and Artifacts Give Power to Tribes
The rules apply to public universities and museums, as well as private institutions that have received federal funds.
![The Sphere on the Las Vegas Strip is seen displaying Super Bowl LVIII signage ahead of Super Bowl LVIII on February 8, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0209-las-vegas-sphere-superbowl-2-400x300.jpg)
Native Activists Will Protest Outside Stadium on Super Bowl Sunday
This is not the first time both teams’ names -- including associated history and imagery -- have provoked resistance.
![Land rematriated by the Sogorea Te` Land Trust is pictured within the two-acre plot of Planting Justice on November 22, 2017, in Oakland, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1122-sogorea-te-land-trust-400x300.jpg)
Land Trust Empowers Indigenous Women in Ancestral Land Reclamation
Corrina Gould of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust discusses rematriation and its power beyond tribal land return.
![Movement Memos, a Truthout Podcast - banner featuring guests Ashley Crystal Rojas and Morning Star Gali and host Kelly Hayes](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1121-movement-memos-400x300.jpg)
Native Organizers Celebrate Solidarity, Grieve Losses and Work to Reduce Harm
“We're connected to each other and these liberation fights across the globe,” says Ashley Crystal Rojas.
![Activists participate in a protest to urge U.S. President Joe Biden to grant Native American activist Leonard Peltier clemency outside of the White House on September 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0928-free-leonard-peltier-400x300.jpg)
Inside the High-Security “Black Site” Where Leonard Peltier Is Incarcerated
The prison where the Indigenous activist is held has been in a near-constant state of lockdown for almost four years.
![Yurok guides paddle tourists along the Klamath River in traditional canoes hand crafted from Redwood trees. Tribes in rural or remote areas like Yurok face drastic impacts from federal government shutdowns.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0928-yurok-tribe-400x300.jpg)
Impending Government Shutdown May Hit Tribal Nations Particularly Hard
Rural tribal governments that heavily depend on federal funding may see relatively more furloughs and service stoppage.
![Ecuador Votes to Ban Oil Drilling in Protected Amazon Lands](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/SEG3-Ecuador-Amazon-Indigenous-400x300.jpg)
How Will Ecuador’s New Oil Drilling Ban in Amazon Shape the Runoff Election?
“[Whoever] wins has to comply with what the Ecuadorian people voted,” says activist Helena Gualinga.
![Pueblo Bonito is pictured in Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. Pueblo Bonito, the largest of the great houses, has hundreds of rooms and dozens of kivas, which have long been used by Pueblo tribes for ceremonial and social purposes.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0723-pueblo-400x300.jpg)
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.
![Members of the Larson family, who have no running water in their home, collect water from a distribution point in the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau in New Mexico on May 22, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0623-navajo-water-400x300.jpg)
The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to the Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Claim
The decision could reverberate along the Colorado River Basin where 30 tribal nations rely on the river’s water supply.