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Native American remains discovered at Dartmouth College spark calls for accountability

Dartmouth College says it has found the partial skeletal remains of 15 Native Americans housed in its anthropology department

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Native American leader and advocate for tribal sovereignty Joe A. Garcia dies at 70

Native American leader Joe A

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Chief Standing Bear, Native American civil rights icon, is honored on a postal stamp

A U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp now celebrates the Ponca chief, whose lawsuit led to a 1879 ruling that determined Native Americans were people with inherent rights under the law.

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'Why can't there be a system?': Tribe pushes to ease US border crossings for Native Americans

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe has drafted regulations in an effort to formalize the border-crossing process for their relatives in Mexico coming to their reservation in Arizona

The Independent UK

US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stamp

A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his portrait

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Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: anger at ‘far-fetched’ self-defence claim

Brazilian activists accuse defence lawyers for three accused in double murder case of smearing victims

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Prehistoric humans came from China to the Americas in two waves

A genetics study finds that some of the first arrivals came from China during two distinct migrations: the first during the last ice age, and the second shortly after.

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Havasupai Tribe in Arizona marks a spiritual homecoming: ‘We are still the Grand Canyon’

Members of a small tribe in Arizona are marking the renaming of a popular campground in Grand Canyon National Park as Havasupai Gardens

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Chasing Horse asks Nevada high court to toss sex abuse case

“Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to dismiss his sweeping sexual abuse indictment in state court

The Independent UK

Election legislation roundup: Colorado General Assembly

As of May 7, members of the Colorado General Assembly, which includes the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado State Senate, have passed one bill related to election administration since the beginning of the year. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is:

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Indigenous missing person cases get researchers' attention

A New Mexico task force charged with addressing missing person cases involving Native Americans is teaming up with researchers in Nebraska on a data collection project

The Independent UK

Ambulance officers not told about dying man's use of powerful psychedelic and Kambo frog poison

The first call for help to the ambulance service suggested Jarred Antonovich, who had a swollen face and was in "discomfort", was suffering an asthma attack.

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The Rediscovery of America: why Native history is American history

Historian Ned Blackhawk’s new book stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens

The Guardian - US

Brazil's Amazon megaprojects threaten Lula's green ambitions

After his swearing-in ceremony earlier this year, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walked up the ramp to the presidential palace arm in arm with one of the world’s most famous Indigenous leaders

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Berkeley professor apologizes for false Indigenous identity

An anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose identity as Native American had been questioned for years has apologized for falsely identifying as Indigenous, saying she is “a white person” who lived an identity based on family lore

The Independent UK

‘Unacceptable’: Berkeley professor faces calls to resign after admitting false claims of Native American roots

Professor said she was raised being told she had Native American heritage

The Hindu

Ethnic quagmire: On the Manipur violence

The government in Manipur must convene an all-party mechanism to reach out to the people across ethnic divides

Daily Mirror

University professor who lived whole life wrongly identifying as Native American apologises for 'hurt'

The UC Berkeley professor said she has "incorrectly identified herself" living as a Native American of Mohawk and Mi'kmaq descent based on "incomplete information" and has apologised for the "broken trust"

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Wearing red, Indigenous families honor missing relatives

Indigenous families and tribal communities are gathering across North America, many wearing red in solidarity as they honor thousands of missing and slain relatives

The Guardian - US

US professor apologizes after wrongly claiming to be Native American

Calls mount for Elizabeth Hoover, anthropologist at UC Berkeley who said she had Indigenous heritage, to resign

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‘Crisis’: Calls grow to stem violence against Indigenous women

Advocates demand urgent action on day commemorating missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in US and Canada.

ABC News

Sick bison moved, but questions remain over dead animals amid settlement dispute

A herd of bison caught up in a settlement dispute has a new home. But a dozen of the animals died before the move and the owner and another stud breeder want to know how it happened.

The Independent UK

Rights panel: Peru used excessive force to quell protests

The Inter American Commission on Human Rights says Peru’s military and police forces used excessive force to quell violent anti-government protests, and that they should be investigated as possible extrajudicial executions and massacres

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Woman completed course on frog toxin rituals weeks before death in ‘Kambo’ ceremony, NSW inquest hears

Natasha Lechner had frog poison applied to her chest during ‘Kambo’ ritual and likely suffered sudden cardiac event, court told

Salon

Indigenous health tied to environment

A growing body of research ties the health of Indigenous communities to the environment

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