Indigenous Rights

Rosalie Fish

Rosalie Fish Runs for the Murdered and Missing Rosalie Fish Runs for the Murdered and Missing

The track-and-field runner from Washington State caused photos of her to go viral, to raise awareness about a “genocide” against Indigenous women. 

Jun 6, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Carlos Sandi

The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message of the UN’s Biodiversity Report The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message of the UN’s Biodiversity Report

If we want to halt the extinction crisis, we need to embrace Indigenous worldviews.

May 20, 2019 / Four Arrows

Okinawa Base Protest

In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers

For the Japanese government, which has never acknowledged Okinawan indigenous rights, the island is a convenient location for the American military.

May 16, 2019 / Maia Hibbett

Defying US Borders, Native Americans Are Asserting Their Territorial Rights

Defying US Borders, Native Americans Are Asserting Their Territorial Rights Defying US Borders, Native Americans Are Asserting Their Territorial Rights

A summit of about 40 tribes and nations aims to push back against a tightening border regime.

Feb 22, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Haaland Davids Embrace

‘They’re Gonna Rock It’: The First Day Native Women Served on Capitol Hill ‘They’re Gonna Rock It’: The First Day Native Women Served on Capitol Hill

One of the most joyous Native parties of the century was held in a DC Hyatt on Thursday.

Jan 7, 2019 / Julian Brave NoiseCat

Catarina Alonzo, mother of Felipe Gomez Alonzo

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role

Now two Guatemalan children have died under Border Patrol custody. But the agency’s role in Latin American oppression has a long history.

Jan 3, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis

Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis

Island nations and territories are bearing the brunt of this ecological scourge.

Dec 6, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land

Reviving race science plays into centuries of oppression.

Nov 29, 2018 / Aviva Chomsky

Mexico Airport Protest

What Does the Mexican Left Think of Mexico’s ‘Leftist’ President-Elect? What Does the Mexican Left Think of Mexico’s ‘Leftist’ President-Elect?

Indigenous movements and longtime organizers are wary as they wait to see how much action will follow AMLO’s campaign promises.

Aug 23, 2018 / Madeleine Wattenbarger

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These Women Nobelists Are Fighting for Grassroots Activists in Central America These Women Nobelists Are Fighting for Grassroots Activists in Central America

They’re bringing limelight to women-led movements resisting land grabs and destruction from mining companies, hydroelectric plants, and monoculture plantations.

Nov 17, 2017 / Laura Carlsen

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