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United Nations watchdogs raise concerns about Nooksack evictions, again

SEATTLE — More than 5,000 miles separate Deming in Whatcom County, Washington, where the Nooksack River rushes out of the North Cascades, and the Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the United Nations Human Rights Council is headquartered.

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Yellowstone officials seeking man who caused death of bison calf

A man who intentionally disturbed a newborn bison calf and caused its death is being sought by Yellowstone National Park law enforcement.

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Explainer: What does the latest Colorado River proposal mean for California, Arizona, Nevada?

Facing the future with a dwindling Colorado River supply and intense pressure from the federal government, Arizona, California and Nevada have offered a plan to cut their water use significantly

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Student deliberately set fire in Guyana boarding school that killed 19 kids, investigators say

The fire that ripped through a boarding school dorm in Guyana and killed 19 children, all but one of them Indigenous girls, was deliberately set by a student angry that her cell phone had been confiscated, authorities said Tuesday.

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US Border Patrol says agents who killed man in Arizona were answering report of gunfire

Authorities say U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he threw something and abruptly raised his arm

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Montana governor signs law to define 'sex' as only male or female

Montana's governor has signed a bill to define the word “sex” in state law as only male or female

The Independent UK

Don’t let communities lose power that helps ensure environmental justice

What’s at stake is the process for protecting our air, water and land from what may be irreparable environmental harm. The fight is so important that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has tied it to the debt ceiling crisis, Ben Jealous writes.

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Arizona, California and Nevada propose water cuts from Colorado River to avert forced cuts

Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years

The Independent UK

Tribes say Caltrans bulldozers are poised to destroy sacred burial sites

It didn't take long for a team of highway archaeologists to mark their first find while searching for buried human remains on an aging stretch of U.S. Highway 395 that cuts along the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada range.

Los Angeles Times

FBI investigating shooting death of Native man by border patrol in Arizona

Raymond Mattia of the Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona was shot by agents after calling them for assistance

The Guardian - US

Former Brazilian officials charged over 2022 murders of British journalist, Indigenous expert

Brazilian authorities have charged the former chief of the country’s Indigenous protection agency for his role in the 2022 killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and renowned Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.

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Killers of the Flower Moon review: "Scorsese's multi-layered epic is worth every second"

"Coyote wants money," Mollie (Lily Gladstone), a young Osage Nation woman, notes sagely when feckless WW1 returnee Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) starts courting her in early 1920s Oklahoma, the setting for Martin Scorsese’s period epic. He’s a former infantry cook with no cash or discernible talent; she’s a hugely wealthy…

Total Film

New film chronicles century-old Osage Nation murders

Director Martin Scorsese explores infamous spate of US killings driven by a quest to usurp Indigenous resource rights.

Al Jazeera

Brazil police accuse agency bosses of misconduct in Amazon murder case

Brazil's federal police recommended misconduct charges be filed on Friday against two ex-officials of Indigenous agency Funai in the case of a journalist and a native expert murdered last June in the Amazon rainforest.

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Colombia on edge as search continues for 4 children who could have survived plane crash

Colombians are on edge as a search continues for four Indigenous children who may have survived a deadly plane crash in the Amazon jungle on May 1

The Guardian - UK

Ex-chief of Brazil’s Indigenous agency charged over murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips

Marcelo Xavier accused of indirectly contributing on the grounds that he failed to take steps to protect workers in Amazon

The Guardian - US

Indigenous nation in US seeks to block billion-dollar port project in Canada

Lummi Nation in Washington state says it holds transboundary rights and that Canada has failed to ‘consult and accommodate’

Reuters

U.S. Forest Service pauses timeline for Rio Tinto Arizona copper mine

The U.S. Forest Service has told a federal court it is not sure when it could approve a land swap allowing Rio Tinto Plc to develop the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona, a surprising reversal that boosts several Native American groups opposed to the project.

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At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia

For Native American students, tribal regalia is often passed down through generations and worn at graduations to signify connection with the community

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Denver Museum of Nature and Science will close 'problematic' American Indian Cultures Hall

DENVER — Denver Museum of Nature and Science officials are preparing to close their North American Indian Cultures Hall this summer, deeming it “problematic” despite years of consultations with Native American representatives, updates, and changes meant to improve displays.

Chicago Tribune

Native American history would be latest public schools requirement under bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker expected to sign

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois public schools would be required to teach lessons on Midwestern Native American history beginning in the 2024-25 school year under a measure passed by state legislators that is expected to be signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

The Guardian - UK

Susan Drucker-Brown obituary

Other lives: Anthropologist whose work proved influential in studies of West African kingship

The Guardian - UK

‘Six times the size of Yosemite’: the new tribal sanctuary off the super-rich California coast

Viewed by the Chumash people as their ancestral home, the Native American tribe is behind the first Indigenous-led initiative to protect the ocean and repair its damaged ecosystem

The Independent UK

Jill Biden touts efforts to bring better internet to Alaska Native villages

Alaska Native villages have long been caught on the wrong side of the digital divide with no internet connections or a sluggish link at best

The Independent UK

Wisconsin tribe to ask court to shut down oil pipeline

Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe are set to present their arguments that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land

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