Speaking before a federal judge today, representatives from the Biden administration’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers indicated that the agency will not shutter the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), despite the ongoing threats it poses to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the fact that it is operating without a federal permit.
Read MoreEvery life form on our planet has power and absorbs energy, our Mother Earth included. This energy comes from the sun and is absorbed or consumed by the life thriving on our planet even after they are dead and buried.
Read MoreOn Wednesday morning, Water Protectors marched through downtown Duluth to call out Wells Fargo’s investments in Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline. Two people chained themselves to the front doors of the bank, shutting down the branch for nearly an hour.
Read MoreOn Sunday morning, dozens of people marched through downtown Duluth in protest of the Line 3 pipeline. The group gathered near the shore of Gitchigami (Lake Superior) before marching through the downtown area, led by Indigenous Water Protectors.
Read MoreInsurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is urging the insurance industry in Washington state to work with Native Americans on adopting policies of consent on environmental projects that affect Tribal nations.
Read MoreAs a parent, I believe that my life has been preordained with exactly what I needed to become the Indigenous woman and mother that I am today.
Read MoreOn Monday, March 22nd, Michele Naar-Obed, one of the four necessity valve turners, was released from the Aitkin County jail after spending three nights in custody. Naar-Obed had responded to an unjustified warrant for her arrest by turning herself in to authorities and demanding to see a judge.
Read MoreDuring manifest destiny, the doctrine of discovery, and western expansion, the non-indigenous world deemed indigenous peoples too primitive and therefore, incapable of operating an “advanced nation.” The question here is, what exactly is an advanced nation?
Read MoreHowever, while their contributions to the economy and the business world are mounting, there continues to be an unfair representation of the Native American community in workplaces today, contributing to another hidden epidemic within the Native American community.
Read MoreToday, the United States Congress confirmed the appointment of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) for the U.S. Secretary for the Department of the Interior, making her the first Native American to serve in the U.S. cabinet.
Read MoreCovid-19 is killing Native Americans and Alaska Natives at rates that are more than three times higher compared to white people in Washington according to the data from the State Department of Health
Read MoreMany different reasons brought the Native American members of the Tribal Sons to prison, but once there one thing united them: The path of the Red Road. For many, like myself, it was our first introduction to Native Spirituality, to the Sweat Lodge and to the Čhaŋnúŋpa.
Read MoreI recently read a story via the new moccasin telegraph (social media) that expounded upon the reasons why a young boy cut his long hair, this boy was not Indigenous. However, you don’t have to be indigenous to have a connection to your long hair.
Read MoreThis is not a Native issue, it is a world issue, the outcome of this fight will affect all life on our beautiful planet.
Read MoreThe final day of confirmation hearings for Rep. Deb Haaland was held today regarding her nomination by President Biden for Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior. If confirmed, Haaland would be the first Native American to hold a seat in a Presidential cabinet.
Read MoreWednesday morning, three water protectors blockaded over one dozen active Enbridge Line 3 worksites with two different blockades. On one side, two Indigenous water protectors locked into a flipped over vehicle — on the other, one water protector ascended nearly 40ft in the air on a bi-pod blockading the entry road.
Read MoreThe Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) released a report today that graded all 50 states on the quality, collection, and reporting of COVID-19 data as it relates to American Indian and Alaska Native people.
Read MoreEthnic frauds and wannabes misrepresent us. People who do not know what we are truly about, take the ethnic frauds and wannabes’ wholly inaccurate representations of us — as the way things really are. It’s why mainstream thinks we (American Indians) all walk around in leather, fringe, decked out in turquoise, with a jewelry trove full of chokers and buffalo nickel or eagle feather earrings, which all, of course. are located in our tipis that we live in.
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