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Bail $300K for former 'Dances With Wolves' actor in sex case

Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former “Dances With Wolves” actor charged in Nevada with sexually abusing and trafficking Indigenous women and girls

The Independent UK

Brazil launches operation to drive illegal miners from Yanomami lands

Special forces destroy aircraft and seize weapons in effort to protect largest Indigenous reserve from mining mafias

The Guardian - US

Brazil squeezes illegal miners out of Yanomami territory

Brazilian authorities have launched an operation to reclaim Yanomami Indigenous territory from thousands of illegal gold miners who have contaminated rivers and brought famine and disease to one of the most isolated populations of the world

The Independent UK

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Alleged cult leader also faces sex assault charge in Canada

An alleged cult leader accused of sexually abusing women and girls in North Las Vegas is also facing a sexual assault charge in Canada, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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Yanomami health crisis in Brazil can only be solved by expelling miners, official says

The medical emergency the Yanomami people of Brazil are suffering can only be overcome if illegal gold miners that invaded their reservation are evicted, an indigenous health official said on Tuesday.

Reuters

LOCALIZE IT: States seek safeguards for tribal child welfare

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The Independent UK

States push to enshrine protections for tribal children

A handful of U.S. states are considering legislation this year to include provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act in state law

The Independent UK

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Great Bear Sea: vast new marine zone a ‘mindset shift’ for conservation

Political and Indigenous leaders hope to replicate success of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest conservation area

The Guardian - UK

Burning gas in oil fields a money pit

How poor methane rules are costing tribes and taxpayers

Salon

Illegal miners in Yanomami reservation seek Brazil government help to leave

Illegal gold miners blamed for causing a humanitarian crisis on Brazil's largest indigenous reservation are asking authorities to help them leave, one of their leaders and a Brazilian senator said on Monday.

Reuters

Investigate Bolsonaro for genocide, says Brazil’s Marina Silva

Exclusive: Environment minister calls for ex-president to be held to account as she prepares to tackle illegal gold miners

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier in plea for clemency after 47 years in jail

Exclusive: Peltier, 78, convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1975, tells Guardian of desire to return home to tribal land

The Guardian - US

‘A different perspective’: the journalist reporting the Amazon through fresh eyes

Elaíze Farias, editor of news outlet Amazônia Real, wants her ‘post-colonial’ journalism to put the voices of marginalised people first

The Guardian - UK

Victims to speak in court in Chasing Horse's sex abuse case

Victims, detectives and federal agents are expected to speak in court Monday before a Las Vegas-area judge decides whether to grant bail to a former “Dances With Wolves” actor

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The Guardian - UK

May I have a word about… trigger warnings

Sensitivity in language is all well and good but, as novelist Anthony Horowitz found, it can be stifling

Al Jazeera

Storm deaths ‘could have been prevented’, Indigenous leaders say

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in the US is seeking a presidential disaster declaration after six dead in winter snowstorms.

Reuters

Evidence of 'genocide' among Brazil's indigenous Yanomami, says minister

Following reports of indigenous Yanomami children dying in Brazil of malnutrition and other diseases caused by illegal gold mining, there is strong evidence of "genocide," the country's Justice Minister Flavio Dino said on Monday.

The Independent UK

South Dakota tribe: Storm deaths 'could have been prevented'

A Native American tribe in South Dakota says several of its members died when December storms buried their reservation in snow and left them stranded

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The Guardian - US

Landmark deals give Indigenous key role in Canada resource projects

YQT community signs unprecedented agreement with coal company giving Indigenous leadership ‘veto’ on proposed project

The Guardian - UK

The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities

Selling credits should fund forest protection, but unscrupulous firms are making deals where local land stewards lose out, say Indigenous leaders

The Independent UK

Native Americans share trauma of Arizona boarding schools

Native American boarding school survivors of abuse and their descendants shared memories and tears in Arizona on U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's yearlong “Road to Healing” initiative

The Guardian - UK

Lula to visit Amazon amid vow to tackle Yanomami Indigenous crisis

Move comes after country’s minister for Indigenous people says issue is an ‘absolute priority’

The Conversation

Peru protests: What to know about Indigenous-led movement shaking the crisis-hit country

Peru is in the midst of a political and civil crisis. Weeks of protest have culminated in thousands descending on the capital amid violent clashes and running battles with police.

The Independent UK

First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk

The first Native American woman in space has ventured out on her first spacewalk

The Texas Tribune

“Who ever thought I would be chief?” Texas’ Alabama-Coushatta tribe elects first female chief

Millie Thompson Williams was elected the tribe’s first female second chief, a lifetime appointment, last year. For the first time, her accession comes as women make up the majority of the tribe’s council.

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