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Indigenous student wins fight to wear eagle feather at Tennessee graduation
March 15, 2024Victory for high school student Canada WhiteEagle.
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Yanomami leader repeats demand: Illegal gold miners, leave our indigenous territory!
March 15, 2024This year, Salgueiro brought a samba to the avenue that celebrates the battle of the Yanomami people in dealing with a humanitarian crisis caused by illegal mining.
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States and tribes rush to reach Colorado River deals before election
March 12, 2024Landmark agreements would cut big states’ water usage for decades and deliver water to the Navajo Nation.
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California wildfire smoke affects indigenous communities nearly two times more than expected
March 4, 2024“Analyses spanning 2006 to 2020 revealed that Native American and Alaska Native, multiracial, and non-Hispanic white populations had consistently disproportionate outdoor wildfire PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] exposure."
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Biden protected the lands surrounding the Grand Canyon – uranium mining is happening there anyway
February 15, 2024There's a long, nasty history of uranium mining on Native lands, but the company says this time is different.
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