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Aerial view of the Iriri River on Arara Indigenous land, in the Amazon, on March 15th, 2019.

News in Brief

Indigenous Communities Are Better at Preserving Biodiversity, Research Shows

A new study adds to research showing concrete links between Indigenous rights to land and sustainable conservation.

Maxine Speier

An Indigenous woman holds a Brazilian national flag stained in with a blood-like red during a march in Brasilia on April 26th, 2019, on the last day of a protest to defend Indigenous land and rights.

News in Brief

The Killing of an Indigenous Leader in Brazil Is Part of a Global Trend of Attacks on Environmentalists

In 2018, more than 160 land and environmental defenders were killed—many of them Indigenous.

Isabela Dias

Searching for Savanna

She was young. She was pregnant. She was one of thousands of Native women who go missing every year. Now her disappearance could help others to be found.

Mona Gable

A computer rendering of the Thirty Meter Telescope.

News in Brief

Scientists Voice Their Support for Native Hawaiians Protesting the Thirty Meter Telescope

With the hashtag #ScientistsforMaunaKea, scientists are sharing their opposition to the construction of the $1.4 billion telescope on sacred land.

Maxine Speier

The Cultural Property Advisory Committee's role is to advise the president on appropriate U.S. action to protect cultural heritage.

News in Brief

Trump Removed the Only Native American Member From the Cultural Property Advisory Committee

An Obama-appointed Native American woman was replaced last week by an attorney who has worked closely with Trump.

Maxine Speier

Economics

Can Economic Pressure Curb Jair Bolsonaro’s Anti-Indigenous Agenda?

An impending trade deal with the E.U. has instigated further pushback from non-governmental organizations and local activists against any deal with the Brazilian government.

Sue Branford

Chief Commissioner Marion Buller speaks at the closing ceremony marking the conclusion of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, on June 3rd, 2019. After two and a half years of hearings, a Canadian inquiry released its final report on the disappearance and death of hundreds if not thousands of indigenous women, victims of endemic violence that the commission controversially said amounted to "genocide."

Ideas

When Will North America Reckon With the Ongoing Genocide of Indigenous Women?

A two-year study by a Canadian commission has declared that a genocide is taking place—but the only people who seem to care are indigenous.

Terese Marie Mailhot

A man protests using Native Americans as mascots for sports teams at the 10th Annual New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow in 2003.

Social Justice

Maine Banned Native American Mascots in Public Schools

Efforts to get privately owned teams like the Redskins and the Cleveland Indians to drop offensive mascots may have stalled, but states can enact bans in the public sector.

Massoud Hayoun