The Coronavirus Connection The Coronavirus Connection
Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change—and Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines of the destruction.
Mar 18, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Covering Climate Now
‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’ ‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’
A massive standoff over a pipeline through Wet’suwet’en land is pushing Canada to confront how it deals with Indigenous rights.
Mar 5, 2020 / Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
Indigenous Rights Are Trudeau’s Last Priority Indigenous Rights Are Trudeau’s Last Priority
When pipeline protesters shut down Canada’s railways, the prime minister stopped pretending to care about reconciliation.
Feb 27, 2020 / Robert Jago
Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide
Martin Luther King Jr. saw something essential about our nation: Imperial expansion west over stolen Indian land shaped and deepened the American Revolution’s relationship to slave...
Jan 20, 2020 / Greg Grandin
Bolivia’s Coup Is Still Happening Bolivia’s Coup Is Still Happening
Everything you wanted to know about Bolivian politics, but were afraid to ask.
Nov 18, 2019 / Zeeshan Aleem
Bolivia’s Anti-Indigenous Backlash Is Growing Bolivia’s Anti-Indigenous Backlash Is Growing
The ouster of President Evo Morales has reignited the country’s long-standing racism against its indigenous peoples.
Nov 13, 2019 / Jacquelyn Kovarik
America Fears the Past America Fears the Past
The 1969 occupation of Alcatraz resonated beyond the confines of the indigenous movement.
Nov 4, 2019 / Nick Estes
A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage
A character from Tommy Orange’s There There writes to the actor about what it meant to see Sacheen Littlefeather at the Academy Awards.
Oct 28, 2019 / Tommy Orange
She Represents More of the Planet Than Any Other Legislator on Earth She Represents More of the Planet Than Any Other Legislator on Earth
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, 25, was just elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
Oct 26, 2019 / John Nichols
‘Biba Guåhan!’: How Guam’s Indigenous Activists Are Confronting Military Colonialism ‘Biba Guåhan!’: How Guam’s Indigenous Activists Are Confronting Military Colonialism
As the federal government tries to expand its control of the island, the CHamoru are ready to rise in resistance.
Oct 21, 2019 / Chris Gelardi and Sophia Perez