Jun 10 Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has his first parole hearing in more than a decade. Here are 3 things to know By Heather Hollingsworth, Jack Dura, Associated Press Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, is 79. If this parole request is denied, it might be a decade or more before… Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 4:04 Medical school in Cherokee Nation gives students experience serving Native communities By Adam Kemp, Rachel Liesendahl A first-of-its-kind medical school in the Cherokee Nation recently graduated its inaugural class. Oklahoma communities correspondent Adam Kemp reports on how the program was started and why the need for these doctors is so great. Continue watching
May 29 Watch 8:41 Sexual abuse of Native American children at boarding schools exposed in new report By Lisa Desjardins, Jackson Hudgins, Karina Cuevas For 150 years, the United States government sent Native American children to remote boarding schools as part of a systematic effort to seize tribal lands and eradicate culture. Dozens of these schools were run by the Catholic Church or its… Continue watching
May 05 As Native communities spotlight disappearances and killings, U.S. authorities try to fix systemic issues with outreach program By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Sunday marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. This year, the federal government is touting the hiring of special prosecutors and coordinators to address systemic issues that have made tackling the crisis a generational challenge. Continue reading
Apr 17 U.S. court rejects a request by tribes to block $10 billion energy transmission project in Arizona By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Critics had accused the U.S. Interior Department and Bureau of Land Management of failing to recognize the cultural significance of the San Pedro Valley to several Native American tribes. Continue reading
Mar 11 Activists tap a sweet Indigenous tradition to connect youth of color in Detroit with the outdoors By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang The Detroit Sugarbush Project brings Anishinaabe traditions of sugarmaking and other outdoor nature activities to a new generation of Black and Indigenous youths in Detroit. Continue reading
Feb 04 Oglala Sioux ban South Dakota’s governor from tribal lands over U.S.-Mexico border remarks By Trisha Ahmed, Associated Press A South Dakota tribe has banned Republican Gov. Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation after she spoke this week about wanting to send razor wire and security personnel to Texas to help deter immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and also said… Continue reading
Jan 03 What to know about Minnesota’s new state flag and seal By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Love it, hate it or yawn at it, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that brought up painful memories of conquest… Continue reading
Nov 07 Maine voters reject new utilities proposal, approve a stop to foreign spending in referendums By David Sharp, Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Maine voters faced a busy ballot on Tuesday in an off-year election dominated by a decision over whether to replace the state's two much-criticized private electric utilities. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 7:58 Amid national push for police reform, Native people feel left out of conversation By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane, Simeon Lancaster Amid ongoing police reform efforts in the U.S., Native American activists say they've often been left out of the conversation. But more than three years after the police murder of George Floyd, there's a renewed push in places like Minneapolis… Continue watching