Tag: indigenous people

There has been a growing movement to change the name of Columbus Day, which has been a federal holiday since 1934.

“Part of our slogan has been ‘what part of sacred don’t you understand?’ Essentially we’re saying, why isn’t it enough for us to say a site is sacred and should be set aside and protected and respected because it’s integral for our spiritual practice to be continued.”

Often, Indigenous communities don’t trust that police will act on reports of violence.

Historic lawsuit launched by the Waorani people of Ecuador to save their homes – and our planet – from destruction.

As Nebraska and the U.S. Midwest recover from devastating climate change-fueled floods, we speak with Lakota historian Nick Estes on how two centuries of indigenous resistance created the movement proclaiming “Water is life.”

After months of protest, the government scaled back its plans – at least temporarily.

"This is a political crime for the human rights defense that Samir Flores Samir and the FPDTA carried out against the [project] and for people's autonomy and self-determination."

There is now scientific evidence that links climate change to the first encounter and the cumulative destruction of Indigenous societies.

From environmental and land rights to the thousands of indigenous women who have gone missing in the United States and Canada, the march was a reminder that indigenous people suffer from the same problems across the world.

We speak to Nathan Phillips about what happened. He is a Vietnam-era veteran and previous director of the Native Youth Alliance.