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Joy and defiance at gathering led by Amazonian chief Raoni Metuktire

Climate concerns prominent as hundreds attend celebration of chief’s nominal 91st birthday

The Guardian - UK

Guatemala presidential candidate rushes to expand base beyond urban youth

Presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo won just 11% of the vote in Guatemala's presidential election’s first round June 25

The Independent UK

Brazil's Indigenous chief fighting to save Amazon urges President Lula to defend people's rights

An Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon has called upon Brazil’s president to defend the rights of Indigenous people, including removing “invaders” from their territories and ending ongoing negotiations on carbon credits

The Independent UK

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‘I want Lula to see this’: Indigenous chief continues fight for Amazon

Raoni Metuktire Kayapó has battled against deforestation all his life and is inviting Brazil’s president to see the damage to his land

The Guardian - UK

Montana tribes sue US over lack of police funds: ‘They’ve been neglecting us for over 23 years’

Fort Belknap reservation sues Biden administration over lack of funding for police resources on the vast, 1,042 sq mile reservation

The Guardian - US

Oklahoma attorney general joins lawsuit over tribal gambling agreements, criticizes GOP governor

Oklahoma's new Republican attorney general says he's stepping into an ongoing legal dispute over tribal gambling agreements signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt several years ago

The Independent UK

Mexico's native ethnic groups promote their heritage during Oaxaca’s biggest cultural festival

The festival of Guelaguetza – the biggest cultural event in southwestern Mexico – showcases the traditions of 16 Indigenous ethnic groups and the Afro-Mexican community

The Independent UK

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Maine aims to restore 19th century tribal obligations to its constitution. Voters will make the call

Voters in Maine will likely be the ones to decide whether to restore long removed language about the state’s obligations to Native American tribes to printed versions of its constitution

The Independent UK

Indigenous groups say they are left out of US immigration debate

Indigenous asylum seekers from Latin America often face language barriers and discrimination on their journey to the US.

Al Jazeera

Oklahoma governor's feud with Native American tribes continues over revenue agreements

Republican leaders in Oklahoma are grumbling publicly that Gov. Kevin Stitt’s hostile posture toward Native American tribes is costing the state money and are considering pushing him out of tribal negotiations altogether

The Independent UK

Religious Freedom Restoration Act Faces Partisan Divide After Supreme Court Rulings

Support for the 1993 law wanes as religious liberty clashes with LGBT rights and abortion advocacy.

Zenger

No children's remains found in Nebraska dig near former Native American boarding school

No children's remains have not been found after a two-week archeological dig near the site of a former Native American boarding school in Nebraska

The Independent UK

Seattle climate activists roost in old cedar tree to prevent it from being cut down for new housing

Activists in Seattle climbed up a tree to prevent its removal on a construction site for new homes

The Independent UK

Connecticut trooper accused of falsifying racial profiling data on traffic tickets is suspended

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said Mr Melanson skewed listed drivers as Native Americans, when in reality they were other ethnicities

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The Guardian - US

Brazilian constitution translated into Indigenous language for first time

Translation into Nheengatu hailed as a historical moment for the country and its native populations

The Hindu

Women face sexual violence in Manipur, video clip surfaces

In Manipur, three women were stripped and paraded by a mob in May. Police have now registered a case of gang-rape and abduction and will soon make arrests.

The Conversation

A hundred years of logging threatens the Innu link to their land

“Nutshimit,” which means “the interior of the land,” is Innu poet Joséphine Bacon’s favourite word because it is intimately linked to Innu identity. Nutshimit, the place where the Innu soul is deposited, is what created the links with the land that have ensured the survival and cultural and social development…

Los Angeles Times

Woman tried to avoid bison, Yellowstone officials say, but was gored: A possible reason why

An Arizona woman thought she was doing the right thing.

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The Conversation

Solving water challenges is complex – learn how law, health, climate and Indigenous rights all intersect in developing solutions

In the U.S., most consumers take clean and available fresh water for granted, and water usually becomes front-page news only when there’s a crisis. And the past year has seen its share of water-related crises, whether it’s the effects of a prolonged drought in the U.S. Southwest or floods that…

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Man sentenced to prison for fraud scheme targeting Michigan tribe

A 69-year-old man has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that led to a federally recognized American Indian tribe in Michigan losing more than $1 million, authorities announced Monday.

The Independent UK

Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts dating back 12,000 years from natural disasters, looters

Archaeologists have been gingerly digging up the ground at a site in central Louisiana this summer to unearth and preserve evidence of prehistoric occupation

The Conversation

Manitoba's reasons for refusing to search for Indigenous women's remains in landfill are a smokescreen

A Manitoba court recently granted police authority to clear a blockade set up by demonstrators near the Brady Road landfill just outside Winnipeg. Indigenous activists and supporters gathered to protest the province’s decision not to fund a search for the bodies of Indigenous women believed to be at Prairie Green…

The Independent UK

9th Circuit denies bid by environmentalists and tribes to block Nevada lithium mine

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line

The Hindu

Manipur | After Kuki Inpi hardens stance, signs of fissures among groups demanding separation

Kuki-Zou CSOs divided on specifics of separation from Manipur. ITLF seeks separate State/UT, Zomi Council wants to discuss specifics in negotiations. Hmar Inpui re-affirms identity, tilts towards Zomi Council

The Guardian - US

In a first, Colorado names hiking trail after Black guide and outdoorsman

Dedication of the 3-mile loop to Winston Walker comes after a push to make national parks more inclusive

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