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US Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in water rights case

Indigenous community had sought to assess water needs amid historic drought in the Colorado River Basin.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case

The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River

The Independent UK

A nuclear site is on tribes' ancestral lands. Their voices are being left out on key cleanup talks

Three Native American tribes have devoted decades to returning their ancestral land in Washington to the days before they became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex

The Independent UK

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Navajo Nation declares widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergency

A widespread Arizona Medicaid scam that has left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless on the streets of metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by the Navajo Nation as fraudulent sober living homes lose their funding and turn former residents onto the streets

The Independent UK

The sex abuse convictions of a man at the center of a tribal sovereignty ruling have been reversed

A federal appeals court has overturned the sexual abuse convictions of an Oklahoma man at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on tribal sovereignty

The Independent UK

How Mexican indigenous languages are surviving against the odds – new research

Being able to speak the dominant language wherever you are in the world has long been shown to be economically beneficial. This is particularly the case when you’re looking for work.

The Conversation

Native American tribes say Supreme Court challenge was never just about foster kids

Native Americans say the Supreme Court has reaffirmed their power to withstand threats from states in many areas

The Independent UK

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Embedded hate: violence and racial discrimination by the U.S. police

The United States Department of Justice report is a wake-up call to police institutions in the country

The Hindu

How would Justice Barrett have voted in United States v. Lopez?

The limiting principle presented in Lopez would likely not meet her threshold.

Reason

Here’s why the Indian Cultures Hall at Denver Museum of Nature and Science had to come down

DENVER — Donna Chrisjohn began visiting the Denver Museum of Nature & Science at age 6 with her history-loving parents. The North American Indian Cultures Hall, which has been there for 45 years, was of particular interest since Chrisjohn has Sicangu Lakota and Diné ancestry.

The Denver Post

The supreme court made a surprising ruling for Native American rights

A white couple challenged an adoption law that protects Native children. Thankfully, the conservative court didn’t buy their argument

The Guardian - US

Reservations For Two

Justices Gorsuch and Alito have diametrically opposite perspectives on Indian Tribes

Reason

Professor Barrett Flunks Brackeen's Lawyers

Justice Thomas would place the burden on the government, and follow a presumption of liberty.

Reason

Judge gives Enbridge 3 years to close oil pipeline on tribal land in Wisconsin

A federal judge has given Enbridge three years to shut down a section of an oil and gas pipeline that crosses reservation land

The Independent UK

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‘Western arrogance’: how the wellness movement co-opted an Amazon frog toxin with deadly effects

Kambo, a secretion used in tribal cleansing ceremonies, has been implicated in deaths worldwide and experts are sounding the alarm

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court was sensibly conservative on tribal rights

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion for the Supreme Court in Haaland v. Brackeen is conservative in the good, old-fashioned sense of the word. In upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act, the court reaffirmed precedent and declined an invitation to revolutionize the law with a reactionary constitutional holding. Along the…

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Germany hands over 2 Indigenous masks to Colombia as it reappraises its colonial past

The wooden "sun masks," which date back to the mid-15th century, were handed over at the presidential palace during a visit to Berlin by Colombian President Gustavo Petro

The Guardian - UK

Germany’s return of sacred Kogi masks to Colombia may have health risks

Wooden artefacts dating from 15th century and bought from indigenous people were treated with pesticides while in museum

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DOJ: MPD targeted Black residents

These patterns represent a litany of violations of the public’s constitutional rights, the report finds

The Independent UK

Losing hope of finding kids in plane crash, Indigenous searchers turned to a ritual: ayahuasca

Indigenous men who were among search teams hoping to find four children aboard a plane that crashed in the Amazon jungle say one of their most sacred rituals played a role in rescue efforts

Al Jazeera

US DOJ: ‘Systemic’ police problems led to murder of George Floyd

Report details abuses against Black residents long before the May 2020 killing of Floyd captured the world’s attention.

Los Angeles Times

Tribes seek greater involvement in talks on Colorado River water crisis

As the federal government starts negotiations on long-term plans for the overtapped Colorado River, leaders of tribes are pushing for more involvement in the talks, saying they want to be at the table in high-level discussions among the seven states that rely on the river.

The Independent UK

Germany hands over 2 Indigenous masks to Colombia as it reappraises the past

Germany has handed over to Colombia two masks made by the Indigenous Kogi people that had been in a Berlin museum’s collection for more than a century

The Guardian - UK

Peru violated rights of 13-year-old girl repeatedly raped by father, UN rules

Authorities denied pregnant Indigenous girl her legal right to an abortion and ‘re-victimised’ her, UN child rights committee says

Reason

SCOTUS Covers The Waterfront On The Lake Of Torches

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