indigenous
U.S. renames five places that used racist slur for a Native woman
January 18, 2023The renamed sites are in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas, completing a yearlong process to remove the historically offensive word “squaw” from geographic names.
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Water Protector and intrepid warrior Joye Braun passes on
January 6, 2023She was the first to set up her lodge in the snow at Standing Rock to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
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After expulsion, the Panará commemorate 25 years of their return home in Brazil
December 21, 2022An Indigenous people celebrates overcoming their tragic external contact.
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Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild ‘relatives’
December 8, 2022Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago.
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Biden administration proposes new rule targeting methane emissions on indigenous land
November 30, 2022Wasted natural gas has quadrupled since 1990 – regulators hope to rein in that loss.
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