Forced relocation left Native Americans more vulnerable to climate ...
WEBNov 2, 2021 · Indigenous nations across the U.S. lost nearly 99% of their historical land base over time, new research shows. What little land they have left is especially vulnerable to climate change risks.
Native Americans are facing a crisis of abductions and murders
WEBNov 14, 2023 · NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tamra Truett Jerus of the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center, about ways to draw attention to the 4,200 unsolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people.
How Indigenous Peoples’ Day came about and why it matters today
WEBOct 9, 2023 · Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a holiday that came about as an alternative to Columbus Day — is a chance to reflect on how the US has treated Indigenous people and fight for a better future.
Indigenous Peoples' Day, as explained by Native Americans - NPR
WEBOct 11, 2021 · Here's what Indigenous Peoples' Day means to Native Americans. Protesters marched in an Indigenous Peoples Day rally in Boston on Oct. 10, 2020, as part of a demonstration to change...
Forced Relocation Left Native Americans More ... - The New York Times
WEBOct 28, 2021 · WASHINGTON — Centuries of land loss and forced relocation have left Native Americans significantly more exposed to the effects of climate change, new data show, adding to the debate over how to...
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Explained - The New York Times
WEBOct 8, 2023 · Typically on the second Monday of October, Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the Indigenous communities that have lived in the Americas for thousands of years.
Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans …
WEBJun 27, 2021 · While other communities struggle on a warming planet, Native tribes are experiencing an environmental peril exacerbated by policies — first imposed by white settlers and later the United States...
Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end - UN News
WEBJul 17, 2023 · Indigenous Peoples have the ancestral wisdom to guide humanity towards a more sustainable use of the Earth’s resources, yet they are systematically discriminated against and excluded, UN rights...
Indigenous community in Ecuador wins legal fight to reclaim ... - CNN
WEBNov 29, 2023 · An indigenous community has won a court battle to regain ownership over its ancestral homeland in the Ecuadorian Amazon, more than 80 years after they were displaced because of war.
Native Americans | AP News
WEBPresident Joe Biden is pledging to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs. At the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years, he says he’ll foster “respect for Indigenous knowledge and tribal consultations” in government decision-making.