By Nayanika Guha This article was originally published by Truthout Other Indigenous groups are looking to the K-8 language immersion program in Anchorage, Alaska, as an inspiring model. Growing up…
The US Declaration of Independence frames Indigenous resistance as aggression and colonial violence as self-defense. By Johnnie Jae This article was originally published by Truthout The US Declaration of Independence…
Struggle – La Lucha Reflection. The so-called “United States” is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026. We, the first people of this land,…
Indigenous peoples say Alcatraz Island is a sacred space and symbol of Indigenous resistance, while abolitionists say the money proposed to rebuild the federal prison should go toward the local…
By Katie Surma for Inside Climate News In one of his final acts before his death in 2024, Māori King Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero helped galvanize Pacific Indigenous leaders to…
By Christine Ahn & Davis Price for Truthout Since 1964, the U.S. military has leased roughly 47,000 acres of land from the State of Hawai‘i — for a token $1.…
Across the Pacific, Indigenous communities lead a growing wave of sovereignty against ongoing legacies of Western colonialism in the region, from the assault on Māori rights in Aotearoa to the…
The harm caused to indigenous communities in North America, in the United States, Alaska and Canada is incalculable.
Recognizing the generational harm caused by Native “boarding schools” is just the beginning. True healing must center the Indigenous ways of being that these genocidal institutions tried to extinguish.
U.S. Pacific territories bear the burden of marine protected areas while missing out on economic benefits.
By Taylar Dawn Stagner / Grist For a decade, wind farm companies had been eyeing Molok Luyuk — a mountain ridge of religious importance to tribes in northern California, whose…
Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act?
Grist investigation reveals 14 land-grant universities making millions off Indigenous land.
More than a hundred days of Indigenous-led protest played a key role in defending Guatemala’s democracy, but the struggle continues.
Leaders from Indigenous governance structures have energized a movement to ensure the presidential transition happens.
