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How many Indigenous people died from COVID-19? Unknown.
An IIC investigation reveals that a true accounting of COVID-19’s impact on Indigenous communities is impossible to know
Protesters march to stop Enbridge Line 3
Pipeline project poses environmental threats to sensitive areas protected by treaties in northern Minnesota, opponents say
Opponents take stand against Enbridge Line 3
Water protectors plan largest act of civil disobedience so far in opposition to pipeline project
Cheat sheet: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 101
The cheat sheet to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act #ANCSA50
The modern treaty: protecting Alaska Native land, values
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, in its simplest terms, provided Alaska Natives with $962.5 million and title to 44 million acres of land in exchange for the extinguishment of aboriginal land claims #ANCSA50
'We won't forget about the children'
Additional unmarked graves likely at U.S. Indian boarding schools
Trudeau: Residential schools part of Canada's colonial past
'Children should never have been sent to those so-called schools'
Native professionals embrace virtual policy work
Policy folks miss seeing each other on Capitol Hill but ‘believe the pandemic has made members of Congress even more available’
South Dakota redistricting to focus on cities, tribal lands
Lawmakers must ensure that racial minority groups receive adequate representation in state government in order to stay in compliance with federal law
Calling Ivy Leagues, other colleges to do more
Native students are changing the college and university experience for themselves and future students by stepping onto campuses once used as assimilation tools
EXPLAINER: The suspension of Arctic refuge drilling leases
The refuge was nearly opened to drilling in 1995 until President Clinton vetoed a bill sent to him by Congress
Judge declines to order fireworks at Mount Rushmore
'But rest assured, this fight is not over,' South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said, promising to appeal the decision in an effort to restore the event next year
Indigenous remains found at proposed golf course site
The rapidly eroding Lake Michigan shoreline is also raising questions about the future of the controversial project adjacent to Kohler-Andrae State Park
Why can’t we call it an emergency?
News coverage of climate change is soft-pedaling the biggest crisis facing the world
Canadian minister: Pope needs to apologize to Indigenous
'I think it is shameful that it hasn’t been done to date,' Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said
Las Vegas feels tribal presence
The latest acquisition is set to close in late 2021 and will add to an existing portfolio of Native nations doing business in the area known for its entertainment
Canada to uncover more school graves sites where requested
'We know right now that that work is urgent'
Treaties offer new aid in environmental fights
Century-old treaties are increasingly being used to fight climate change and environmental issues for everyone, not just tribes.
Ted George: ‘A heart filled with compassion’
The education advocate was Port Gamble S’Klallam’s oldest elder before his passing in May
Joe Biden suspends oil leases in Arctic refuge
The order by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland follows a temporary moratorium on oil and gas lease activities imposed by President Joe Biden on his first day in office
Unanimous: Supreme Court rules for tribes
Tribal jurisdiction upheld in United States v. Cooley case
Freedmen's effect on Black Wall Street
US treaties compelled five slave-owning tribes — the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Muscogee Creek and Seminoles — to share tribal land and other resources and rights with freed Black people who had been enslaved
Canada lowers flags after discovery of bodies at school
Toronto Mayor John Tory said city flags would stay lowered for nine days — 215 hours — to represent each life.