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A three-toed sloth mother and baby are two of the many inhabitants of Central America's rainforest ecosystem.

Environment

‘Nature Is Always Speaking’: Proposed Dams Threaten Indigenous People and Wildlife in Central America

More than 400 dams are currently proposed for Central America's rivers, but thanks largely to a feisty indigenous resistance—as well as a non-profit—they are still yet to be built.

Ben Goldfarb

The Ramirez family with a Speckled Sussex Chicken named Nora the Explora.

Environment

How to Craft Climate Financing That Helps Minorities and Lower-Income Americans

We can help build a non-extractive economy by offering non-exploitative loans to people of color and the formerly incarcerated.

Rebecca Stoner

Waorani indigenous people march toward the provincial court to demand the non-exploitation of oil in their territory, in Puyo, Ecuador, on April 11th, 2019.

Environment

A Landmark Lawsuit Sets New Precedent for Indigenous Land Rights in the Amazon

The Waorani community in Ecuador won a historic ruling that may create a new guide for other indigenous communities looking to protect their lands from oil interests.

Kimberley Brown

Social Justice

In the Land of Hope and Grief

An art therapy project in an Alaska Native village helps teens talk about suicide in their community.

Kiliii Yüyan

Greg Grey Cloud with his horse, "my friend, my horse nation relative, my brother Leon and I, sharing and trading back emotions and communicating."

Ideas

‘The Horse Nation Is Here for Us’: How Lakota Culture Is Helping Treat Child Trauma in South Dakota

Greg Grey Cloud is combining traditional Lakota horse rituals with equine therapy to treat PTSD—and much more.

Tony Rehagen

The Cofan guardia on one of their land patrols, watching as mining activities destroy the banks of the river on the other side.

Environment

How Drones and GPS Are Helping Indigenous People in Ecuador Save the Amazon

Maps, long used by colonizers to dispossess native peoples, are becoming a tool for indigenous people to reclaim sovereignty over their lands.

Kimberley Brown

Members of the Kwe Pack at the Moose Mountain 25k in 2018.

Ideas

These Native Women Are Healing Themselves and Their Communities by Running

The Kwe Pack has a simple but radical mission: to improve indigenous health in mind and body by encouraging women to sign on for long-distance runs.

Terese Marie Mailhot

Social Justice

Could Washington State Be a Model for Native Voting Rights Reform?

Bills securing native voting rights are destined to fail in the Republican-controlled Senate, but might find success at the state level.

Massoud Hayoun

Volunteers look over the U.S.–Mexico border fence.

Social Justice

How a Border Wall Would Separate Indigenous Communities

Tens of thousands of people belonging to U.S. Native tribes live in the Mexican states and routinely cross the border to participate in cultural events.

Christina Leza

Environment

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Government Wants to Circumvent the Constitution to Allow Mining on Indigenous Lands

The Brazilian minister of mines and energy stated that Brazil would open its indigenous territories to mining interests without the consent of the affected population.

Sue Branford & Maurício Torres