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Socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo wins tight victory in Peru
June 11, 2021Castillo’s narrow victory, yet to be officially validated, represents an abrupt shift from Peru’s norm of corruption, right-wing ascendency, and political instability.
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Statue of Egerton Ryerson, architect of Canada’s racist residential schools, toppled
June 7, 2021By late Sunday evening, protesters returned with a saw and removed Ryerson’s head, while at the base of his former perch lay 215 pairs of children’s shoes, one for each of the bodies found in Kamloops.
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Lummi totem pole heads for nation’s capital with appeal: Find missing women
June 1, 2021Wood carvers from the Lummi Tribe brought a 24-foot cedar totem pole to the North Olympic Peninsula for a ceremony sending a message to the federal government.
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Grave containing 215 Indigenous children evidence of Canadian residential school genocide
June 1, 2021The gruesome discovery in British Columbia has sparked calls for examinations to be made of every former residential school site across Canada.
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Enbridge pipeline: Indigenous groups join Gov. Whitmer in demanding shutdown
May 18, 2021Indigenous rights and climate action groups are set to hold an "Evict Enbridge" celebration on Wednesday and Thursday.
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