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Indigenous Rights
Haaland Announces Investigative Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs will create the Missing and Murdered Unit.
To Protect Great Lakes, Michigan Tribes Oppose Enbridge Line 5 Pipelines
Whitney Gravelle, an attorney for the Bay Mills Indian Community, discusses the fight against Enbridge's Line 5.
What Is the US-Mexico Border to Indigenous Peoples Who Have Lived There?
Indigenous peoples grapple with the everyday impacts of increasing border enforcement on their lands.
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Effort to Greenlight Keystone XL Construction
The decision came after the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Cheyenne River Sioux Refuse Governor’s Demand to Remove COVID Checkpoints
The Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes say the checkpoints are the best way to protect their communities.
Native American Clinic Receives Body Bags Instead of COVID-19 Testing Kits
"Are we going to keep getting body bags or are we going to get what we actually need?"
Navajo Nation Suffers Third-Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in US
The Indian Health Service is funded at one-third the rate per capita as Medicare.
Fiona Apple on Her New Album and Acknowledging Indigenous Lands
The album includes an acknowledgment that it was "Made on unceded Tongva, Mescalero Apache, and Suma territories."
Mexico’s President Pledged to Defend Indigenous Rights, But He’s Attacking Them
AMLO's aggression toward environmental activists and Zapatista communities gives the lie to his campaign promise.
Trump Is Trying to Lift Up Colonial Myths. Native People Are Breaking Them Down.
In the face of anti-Indigenous policies, Native people are demanding sovereignty and cultural recognition.