States now have concurrent authority to prosecute non-Indians for crimes against Indians in Indian Country.
Read MoreToday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, overturned the long-held understanding that states do not have authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.
Read MoreHuy, an Indigenous religious freedoms advocacy organization, commemorated ten years of advocacy on behalf of Indigenous prisoners in the United States.
Read MoreRising global temperatures are intensifying floods, droughts and warming waters. Last summer’s heat dome led to temperatures in western Washington as high as 110 degrees. We didn’t just break records — we obliterated all-time records over an incredibly hot four-day period.
Read MoreThe endangered California condor, the largest native North American bird, has returned to Northern California redwood forests after a century-long absence.
Read MoreNakani is a word that comes from the Tlingit language. Nakani is defined as a person, or entity, which serves as a connector and/ or go between for different people, places, and cultures.
Read MoreThe cops in Uvalde, Texas stood outside a locked elementary school door while helpless, trapped children inside begged for help as they watched their classmates get gruesomely murdered.
Read MoreAs of 2016, the National Crime Information Center has reported 5,712 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. Strikingly, the U.S Department of Justice missing persons database has only reported 116 cases. The majority of these murders are committed by non-Native people on Native-owned land.
Read MoreThe urgent communication was submitted in response to the first reading of Bill No. 5923, "Rescue of the Pre-Hispanic Heritage", developed by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala. Its provisions will cause the dispossession, privatization, and economic exploitation of two thousand seven hundred and fifty-four (2754) ceremonial centers, sacred sites, and other elements of Mayan spiritual, religious, and cultural heritage.
Read More18 year old white supremacist Payton Gendron shot and killed 10 people in Buffalo, NY on Saturday; wounding 3 others. A history of systemic racism in the city of Buffalo created a viable hunting ground for this psychopath.
Read MoreIndigenous peoples suffer one of the highest incarceration rates of any racial or ethnic group in the United States, and they are also disproportionately sentenced to serve life and long sentences in state prisons.
Read MoreThe future is a rough draft waiting to be written
Read MoreFor our Native communities, breastfeeding is a public health issue. Because of the enduring health benefits breastfeeding provides, community leaders and medical professionals are making a concerted effort to reconnect Native women to the cultural tradition of breastfeeding.
Read MoreThe Cherokee Nation’s heirloom garden is home to more than 200 traditional plants as well as 26 different crops. These plants have been used by the Cherokee people for hundreds of years for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.
Read MoreA Washington methane gas project is compounding a crisis of tribal consultation, pension funds and national immigration practices.
Read MorePlayers on both sides of the fence are examined closely under the microscope. A clear image begins to emerge of the powerful entity responsible for influencing New York State, Seneca Nation of Indians and the radioactive gaming compact.
Read MoreChief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, calls on people from around the globe to gather at sacred places on June 21 and join in prayer for the healing and protection of Grandmother Earth.
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