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Urgent Call for Support Against Threat of Massacre by Miners

President Biden: use the force of American diplomacy to end Bolsonaro's attacks on indigenous peoples and the Brazilian Amazon

The Center and COIAB (Coordination of Indigenous Organizations in the Brazilian Amazon) sent a letter to President Biden this week, alerting the administration to the increase in human rights violations against indigenous peoples in Brazil and urging the United States to prioritize the...

2021 National Week of Action

Take Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls!

Join us in a National Week of Action (April 29-May 5, 2021) to call the nation and the world to action in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Take action by participating in these virtual events and...

A Journey into Five Decades of Struggles for Indigenous Self-Determination in the Americas

An Interview with Armstrong A. Wiggins published in IdeAs Journal

https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/11159

Fort Belknap Indian Community, Conservation Groups Challenge Mining Plan

Zortman Exploration Could Worsen Contamination of Tribes’ Water, Land

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U.S. Supreme Court Reviews U.S. v. Cooley

In November 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari, agreeing to hear U.S. v. Cooley (No. 19-1414), a case arising within the Crow Tribe’s reservation on land defined as Indian Country. The question before the Supreme Court is “whether the lower courts erred in suppressing...

Violations of Indigenous Women’s Rights: Brazil, Guatemala, and the United States

Carrie Dann

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Carrie Dann. She was a great champion of Western Shoshone land rights and the rights of all indigenous peoples. Her inspiration and vision will live on for generations.