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'Indians came to America, and then they became...': Burt Thakur speaks on 'Indian takeover' at Frisco council meeting

As the issue of 'Indian takeover' of Frisco rocked the council meeting Tuesday, pushed by influencers on social media, Frisco council's first Indian-origin member Burt Thakur spoke about the issue and said Indians who came to America upheld American Dream because American Dream needs participation.

The Times of India

From southern India to Canada's far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics

As a teenager in India, Susai Jesu led prayer services in his small Catholic village, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood

The Independent UK

‘Indians dumping trash in fields, living in...’: MAGA commentator says Frisco residents are ‘sick of it’ amid ‘Indian takeover’ row

A political row broke out in Frisco, Texas, after a conservative commentator claimed residents were fed up with Indian communities in the area. She was responding to an Indian-American advocacy group that has warned of legal and civil rights action against anti-Indian hate in the state.

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Brown Berets and Black Panther imagery resurface amid stepped-up ICE enforcement

These groups present themselves as immigrant-rights defenders, not paramilitary forces — but the names carry historic weight.

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‘Dances With Wolves’ actor found guilty of multiple charges of sexual assault

Nathan Chasing Horse faces a minimum of 25 years in prison

The Independent UK

Polly Cooper, an Oneida woman who helped save Washington's army, is honored on $1 coin

A newly minted $1 coin will feature a woman from the Oneida tribe, Polly Cooper, known for aiding George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War

The Independent UK

Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the US

Many of the people whose ancestors lived in the U.S. thousands of years before Europeans are carrying tribal identification for protection against the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda

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Man could avoid more prison time with guilty plea in Navajo woman's disappearance

A man charged in connection with the 2021 disappearance of a Navajo woman has pleaded guilty to robbery, marking the latest turn in a case that been emblematic of the epidemic of killings and disappearances in Native American communities

The Independent UK

Indigenous protesters block Cargill facility in Brazil over President Lula's decree

Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting at a Cargill facility in Santarem, Brazil, against a decree signed in August by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Independent UK

‘Americans who might hate Indians…’: Social media reacts to free samosas given at anti‑ICE protests in Minnesota

After videos of an Indian restaurant distributing free samosas to protesters in an anti-ICE rally in Minnesota went viral, social media had a mixed reaction about the gesture. Some users claimed that such activities promote the anti-India rhetoric among Americans, while some said that this hospitality is clearly a part…

The Times of India

They survived conquistadors and settlers. Now the Arhuaco are facing an even greater threat

Colombia’s Sierra Nevada has become a strategic prize for drug traffickers and paramilitaries, leaving its Indigenous people threatened with ‘physical and cultural extinction’

The Guardian - UK

New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds,’ US says

Federal education officials say a New York school district is “erasing its Native American heritage” and violating civil rights law by changing its team name from the “Thunderbirds” to the “T-Birds.”

The Independent UK

Prosecutors say ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor used medicine man reputation to prey on Indigenous women and girls

The trial marks the climax of a yearslong effort to prosecute Chasing Horse after he was first arrested and indicted in 2023

The Independent UK

Colombian ex-paramilitary leader jailed for crimes against Indigenous groups

Salvatore Mancuso given 40-year sentence, which could be reduced after truth and reparation activities

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Photographer Amelia Troubridge Captures Indigenous Women's Fight to Protect the Amazon in New Exhibition

LAND CAMP opens in London this week

The Independent UK

How slave descendants are fighting to protect their land from property developers

Georgia island community founded by freed slaves in danger from property developers

The Independent UK

Five face trial in Peru in rare prosecution over the killing of an Amazon defender

Five men are set to stand trial in Peru over the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Amazon defender

The Independent UK

A Native American mother vanished along a California highway in 1991. Now, a $20K reward offers a flicker of hope

Andrea ‘Chick’ White, a 22-year-old mother of four, has been missing for over three decades. Her sister Ana White tells Andrea Cavallier why a new reward is giving her hope of finally finding the truth

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‘Brainwashing’: the shocking case of a Native American healer accused of sexual abuse

Nathan Chasing Horse, who had part in Dances with Wolves, accused in trial that spotlights influence of ‘medicine men’

International Business Times UK

Three Native Americans Detained By ICE: Is It Kristi Noem's 'Revenge' Against South Dakota?

Oglala Sioux Tribe demands release of members reportedly held by ICE in Minneapolis amid disputes over tribal sovereignty, citizenship and past political tensions with Kristi Noem.

The Independent UK

Oglala Sioux president walks back claims of DHS pressure, member arrests

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is walking back claims of pressure and arrests he made earlier this week

The Independent UK

Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for their immediate release

Axios

Oglala Sioux Tribe says ICE illegally holding tribal members from Minneapolis raids

Tribe says ICE wanted it to enter into agreements for info.

The Independent UK

Canadian Indigenous community told not to consume water after sanitation system fails as evacuations stall

The rural community in northern Ontario is only accessible by air most of the year

The Independent UK

EPA proposes limiting power of states and tribes to block major projects over water concerns

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing limiting the power of states some authorized Indian tribes under the Clean Water Act to block major projects like natural gas pipelines

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