A U.S. District Judge in Wisconsin denied a motion to dismiss a federal discrimination lawsuit involving a Native American Church chapter and a local bank on the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley issued a 9-page opinion on the court’s denial of the defendant’s motion, upholding the protected use of peyote in traditional American Indian ceremonies.
Read MoreA Kansas County issued a public statement on Friday, April 5, that a death investigation in Johnson County identified Cole Brings Plenty, 27, as deceased in a wooded area. Brings Plenty had been reported missing on April 1 and many have responded as a result including his family and friends. After his death was announced, thousands of people, including his family, news sources, and leaders in Indian Country, have shared words of condolences on social media.
Read MoreSouth Dakota Tribes again face off with Governor Kristi Noem after she made disparaging comments while signing bills last week in Mitchell and Winner, SD. Tribal leaders are demanding an apology for suggesting that Tribes are safe-harboring and partnering with Mexican cartels.
Read MoreA group of Lakota youth from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation representing the International Indigenous Youth Council (IIYC) Oglala Lakota Chapter were banned from attending the Denver March Powwow over the weekend, for displaying solidarity with Palestine. Many community members cited that the Denver March Powwow, one of the country's largest, was originally created to celebrate resistance after forced relocation to many urban cities.
Read MoreOn February 14, thousands of people throughout Minnesota attended various demonstrations and memorial walks to raise awareness of missing Indigenous peoples. Advocacy work for missing Indigenous peoples has grown substantially over the last several years with new legislation providing more funding for aiding families who have a missing or lost relative due to violence, or trafficking. This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation https://www.iwmf.org/
Read MoreIndigenous demonstrators protest the continued use of the “Chiefs” by Kansas City, as they played the San Francicso 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. It is the second consecutive year where demonstrators organized a protest at the Super Bowl denouncing Kansas City, the National Football League, and racism in sports and media.
Article by Darren Thompson
Read MoreSouth Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s recent remarks resulted in the Oglala Sioux Tribe banishing her immediately from tribal lands, and now the Ghost Nation has issued a public response regarding her false allegations.
Read MoreNative and indigenous people in America report experiencing serious psychological distress 2.5 times more than the general population over a month’s time.
Read MoreFormed in 2016 during the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline, Mazaska Talks seeks to leverage economic power to fight repression of Indigenous rights and the desecration of Mother Earth.
Read MoreThe Hoopa Valley Tribe announced today the acquisition of 10,395 acres of land bordering the western boundary of the Tribe’s Reservation. The return of the Hupa Mountain property brings the Tribe’s landholdings to a total of over 102,000 acres.
Read MoreThe Cannonball-Missouri River confluence is host to over a dozen archaeological and historical occupations and events over the course of the past one thousand years.
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