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Native American candidates notch significant victories in US state legislature elections
Results are trickling in across the USA where Indigenous people are competing to...
Amelia Schafer 12 Nov 2026
Guatemala faces a human rights court over violent evictions of Indigenous communities
Years after Indigenous communities in Guatemala were forcibly evicted from their...
Maxwell Radwin 9 Nov 2026
Minnesota landmarks with Indigenous histories hidden in plain sight
Discover the Dakota and Ojibwe histories embedded in popular spots around the st...
Lindsey Scharold 6 Nov 2026
Seven Kentucky place names which tell stories of the state’s Indigenous past
Some Kentucky place names have survived for centuries. Others have changed or di...
Native American Rights Fund deploys hundreds of election monitors as Peltola campaign faces Trump attack

The Native American Rights Fund is sending election monitors to nine states with significant Native voters ahead of the Tuesday midterm elections, especially Alaska.

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Kevin Abourezk Nov 3, 2026
By the numbers: An historic year for Indigenous candidates in the USA

Tuesday's general election in the United States will have the highest number of Indigenous candidates ever, according to a database by ICT and Advance Native Political Leadership.

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Pauly Denetclaw Nov 3, 2026
Cherokee Nation Tribal Council committee opposes Inola smelter

The Cherokee Nation Rules Committee has unanimously approved a resolution formally opposing the controversial aluminum smelter planned for Inola.

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Thomas Pablo Nov 2, 2026
Indigenous women playing key role in US midterm elections

This is the first time Gwen Leaffe Carr, who is a longtime Democratic political consultant, has seen so many Indigenous women be major party nominees for high profile offices.

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Pauly Denetclaw Nov 2, 2026
Will Yup'ik candidate Mary Peltola make history? Alaska race tightens for US Senate

Former congresswoman Mary Peltola faces incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan in a race that could put the first Native woman ever in the upper chamber of the US Congress.

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Charles Fox Oct 27, 2026
Navajo, White Mountain Apache hit by flooding

The community near Kirtland, New Mexico, has come together at a fire station to help fill sandbags to stave off flooding from the San Juan River in residential areas.

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Kalle Benallie Oct 26, 2026
Indigenous leaders warn investors off latest Amazon oil mining plans in Ecuador

Ecuador's government announced plans at the country's premier oil and gas summit this month to again issue a tender to drill for remote Amazon oil blocks.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Oct 13, 2026
Sacred Bears Ears lands face 72 mining claims following Trump's cuts

Mining claims on land removed from Bears Ears National Monument have risen to 72 as Tribal leaders renew calls for protections to be restored to the sacred landscape in southern Utah.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 9, 2026
Environmentalists sue Trump administration to prevent deep-sea mining in American Samoan waters

Pasifika environmentalists are taking court action against the Trump administration over its plans to deep-sea mine in American Samoa territorial waters.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Oct 6, 2026
Climate change legal precedents begin to unravel Pacific culture's emerging rights

Rising seas and environmental degradation are disrupting traditional Pacific practices, eroding Indigenous cultural connections and severing their relationships with ancestral lands and oceans accordi...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 28, 2026
Sacred Bears Ears lands face mining claims after Trump cuts protections

Mining claims have been lodged across land removed from Bears Ears National Monument just two months after Tribal leaders warned President Donald Trump's cuts could expose sacred lands in Utah to reso...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 24, 2026
Hayward heads south for WBBL to ‘take game to next level’

Jawoyn allrounder Ella Hayward has signed with the Hobart Hurricanes ahead of WBBL|12. The 23-year-old joins the defending champions after spending last season with the Melbourne Stars and the previou...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 16, 2026
Fiji tests biocontrol agents to tackle invasive African tulip

Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture and Waterways is testing two biological control agents that could help manage African tulip, with both being kept under secure containment while their environmental safe...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 28, 2026
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