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2 days ago

Kalshi cites Arizona ruling in Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Nation lawsuit

The Arizona court issued an order prohibiting any state enforcement efforts against CFTC-regulated designated contract markets ('DCMs') on the grounds that state gambling laws are preempted as applied to transactions on DCMs.
Law
Canada news
fromConde Nast Traveler
6 days ago

In Blackfoot Country, Indigenous Nations Offer a Different View of the US-Canada Border

A new tourism corridor connects travelers to four Blackfoot nations across the US and Canada, highlighting cultural heritage and buffalo reintroduction efforts.
Poker
fromReadWrite
1 week ago

How Native American dice could reshape tribal gambling law

Native American gambling traditions may date back 12,000 years, forming a continuous cultural practice from ancient times to modern casinos.
Washington DC
fromHigh Country News
1 week ago

Tribal leaders reflect on a year of uncertainty - and possibility - High Country News

Indigenous communities face significant challenges and opportunities under the second Trump administration, impacting funding, policies, and cultural consultations.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Elevating Earth: Reviving and Advancing an Indigenous Building Material

The Western Deffufa is a significant ancient mud brick building, highlighting the enduring use of earth in construction across Africa.
fromSmithsonian Magazine
2 weeks ago

Native Nations Fought in the American Revolution to Protect Their Ancestral Lands. After the War, Settlers Seized Their Territory Anyway

"Once the Declaration of Independence is issued by Congress, then it kind of changes the calculus. Then, both sides are putting pressure on Native people to join one side or the other."
History
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 week ago

Finally Free, Leonard Peltier Offers Intergenerational Wisdom for Resistance | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Thank you...for being able to fight for my freedom. But what's more important than that is that you continue to fight for your land and to continue to fight for your people and all people.
Social justice
Portland food
fromKqed
2 weeks ago

Indigenous Communities Reclaim Ancestral Lands and Waters | KQED

The Potter Valley Pomo tribe creates a community forest for youth camps and events, marking a significant cultural initiative in California.
fromReadWrite
1 week ago

Wabanaki Nations tribes intervene in Maine casino lawsuit

The tribes argue the lawsuit threatens a key source of future revenue and self-governance. Their filing says the case concerns a constitutional attack on a Maine statute that establishes regulatory parameters pursuant to which the four Wabanaki Nations may seek to obtain licenses to offer internet gambling.
Law
Canada news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Dishonourable': First Nation decries push for Alberta to secede from Canada

A First Nation in Alberta opposes a separatist referendum, claiming it violates their treaty rights and is irresponsible and dishonourable.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Navajo Nation: the fight for cultural survival photo essay

Virginia Brown, a 69-year-old elder, recalls her traumatic experience: 'I was forced into a boarding school when I was six years old. They cut off all our long hair and washed our mouths out with soap if they caught us speaking Navajo.'
Social justice
Silicon Valley
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma has officially banned data center construction on its lands, becoming the first Indigenous nation to do so.
fromReadWrite
2 weeks ago

Tribal leaders fight federal oversight of sports prediction markets

"Today, our Board took decisive action to protect what generations before us fought to build. These so-called prediction markets are an attempt to bypass tribal authority and recast gambling as a financial product. We will not allow that. We will stand united to defend tribal sovereignty and the integrity of Indian gaming."
Poker
SF politics
fromHigh Country News
3 weeks ago

Bureau of Indian Affairs could face reorganization, deeper staff cuts - High Country News

The Bureau of Indian Affairs plans significant staff cuts without consulting tribal nations, impacting program delivery for Indigenous communities.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Northeast Pickering development decision delayed for further consultations with First Nations | CBC News

Pickering council deferred a decision on developing 1,600 hectares of land for more consultation with First Nations groups.
#first-nations
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago
Canada news

First Nations, chiefs demand the PM apologizes after he said he could 'outlast' protesters | CBC News

fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago
Canada news

Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations | CBC News

Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago

First Nations, chiefs demand the PM apologizes after he said he could 'outlast' protesters | CBC News

Two First Nations chiefs demand an apology from Prime Minister Carney for dismissive comments about a mercury poisoning protester.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago

Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations | CBC News

A landmark First Nations child welfare deal has been approved, partially resolving a long-standing discrimination case against the federal government.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes - a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise

That number represents roughly 7% of the state's land and waters. It also corresponds with the amount of land the federal government promised it would hold as reservations for Indigenous tribes after California joined the union in 1850. Congress ultimately rejected these treaties in a secret meeting - after pressure from the state - and failed to notify tribes, many of whom upheld their end of the agreement to relocate.
Agriculture
Environment
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Growing Presence of AI Data Centers Prompts Debate on Native Lands

AI data center expansion creates environmental and cultural challenges for Native American tribes, sparking debates over tribal digital sovereignty and regulatory needs for data infrastructure control.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago

Ontario announces plan to slash Niagara Region, Simcoe County councils and add 'strong chair' powers | CBC News

Ontario is reducing regional council seats in Niagara and Simcoe County to streamline governance and reduce costs for taxpayers.
Agriculture
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life

The Quapaw Nation's Laue land, contaminated by toxic mining waste for a century, has been restored and returned to agriculture after EPA cleanup efforts.
#native-american-art
Social justice
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Tribal sovereignty and civil rights focus of free 250th anniversary discussion on March 19 * Oregon ArtsWatch

Native Americans faced centuries of voting suppression, and current voter restriction proposals echo historical methods that disenfranchised tribal communities.
History
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

How Montana tribes are using sovereignty to restore their waterways - High Country News

The 2015 CSKT-Montana Compact Water Rights settlement restores tribal water rights from the 1855 Hellgate Treaty while enabling river restoration and shared management of the Jocko River watershed.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

'We've had enough secrets': First Nations group opposes Ontario move to limit freedom-of-information laws | CBC News

First Nations oppose Ontario's proposed FOI law changes that would exempt premier and cabinet records from public access, citing reduced transparency for decisions affecting Indigenous rights and lands.
Online Community Development
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 year ago

Powwows: Celebrating the culture and community of Indigenous people

The Dix Park Inter-Tribal Powwow brings together Indigenous communities from North Carolina's eight state and federally recognized tribes for cultural celebration, competition dancing, and traditional music.
US politics
fromFortune
2 months ago

Native Americans, literally the furthest thing from immigrants, fear deportation amid unprecedented ICE actions | Fortune

Many Native Americans are securing tribal ID cards as proof of U.S. citizenship and protection from ICE raids while tribes ease access to those IDs.
Canada news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

King Charles concerned about Alberta separatist movement, First Nation chief says

Indigenous leaders from Alberta informed King Charles about separatist movements threatening historic treaties signed between First Nations and the crown nearly 150 years ago.
California
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

LandBack advances across the West - High Country News

14,000 acres of Blue Creek returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing California's largest tribal land return and doubling tribal land for ecological and cultural restoration.
Environment
frombigthink.com
1 month ago

Widening the frame: Indigenous land rights and the future of climate policy

Indigenous land rights are essential to climate action, with Indigenous representatives at COP30 demanding recognition of their ancestral land ownership and management authority.
Miscellaneous
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement

Indigenous slavery in the Americas lasted centuries under various names, and a public history project aims to accurately document and recognize this historical reality.
US news
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Indigenous-Led Collectives Are Keeping Minnesotan Communities Safe From ICE

Indigenous-led patrols and a community hub in Minneapolis mobilize to keep ICE off streets, supply residents, and maintain safety after recent violence.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

There's no such thing as a better coloniser': Indigenous views on Trump's Greenland push

Inuit and other Arctic Indigenous peoples see external interest in Greenland as a threat to their self-determination and control over land and resources.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Indigenous Antif*scism

Relational Indigenous knowledge and practices must be mobilized to dismantle settler colonial state-forms, capitalism, and fascism while building constellations of co-resistance.
Television
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

The US Is Trying to Annex the Ultra-Canadian Heated Rivalry | The Walrus

Heated Rivalry is a Canadian-produced hit whose U.S. acquisition and media coverage often credit HBO, reflecting patterns of American appropriation of Canadian cultural success.
Public health
fromState of the Planet
1 month ago

Leveraging Risk Communications to Bridge Tribal Voices

Culturally grounded, partnership-based, multi-directional disaster communication systems can reduce Tribal Nations' household, livestock and land disruptions from extreme weather.
fromThe Walrus
3 months ago

The Flag | The Walrus

A flag is certain the wind admires it -the breeze flaunting it so its crowns, leaves, crosses, bands of colour, or stars float in air, ready to be honoured, deferred to. In turn the flag at times pats the wind streaming past, confirming they stand together, believing the wind thinks of itself as Tunisian wind orAmerican wind. To people who live under the flag open in its glory, or relaxed against
World politics
US politics
fromEsquire
2 months ago

The Governor of Oklahoma Should Probably Know How Tribal Sovereignty Works

A federal judge ordered the release of an immigrant detained by ICE, warning that the government's position could deny due process and threaten constitutional rights.
fromKqed
2 months ago

Maidu Tribe Returns to Its Roots of Ancestral Fire | KQED

The Maidu tribe of Butte County-Berry Creek, Mechoopda, Mooretown, Enterprise and Konkow Valley, come together to conduct CAL-TREX prescribed burn training to relearn how to put helpful fire back on their native lands that have been devastated by recent catastrophic wildfires. Organizers say the training camp is designed to help restore fire-scarred lands and people. While other Northern California tribes have been reintroducing cultural fire for decades,
California
Miscellaneous
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Raising Indigenous Kids in the Age of Pretendians | The Walrus

Indigenous children experience a blend of deliberate cultural teachings, self-directed exploration, and pervasive environmental exposures shaping identity and everyday life.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Students ask Saratoga council to advocate for indigenous tribe recognition

Saratoga council received a request to recognize the Muwekma Ohlone but took no action; it approved using an SVCE $184,537 grant for Corporation Yard electrification.
fromHigh Country News
2 months ago

An EPA proposal would make it harder for tribes to protect their water - High Country News

Developers seeking to build dams, mines, data centers or pipelines must navigate a permitting process to do so. One requirement in the process is obtaining certification from a tribe or state confirming that the project meets federal water quality standards. Currently, tribes and states conduct holistic reviews of projects, known as " activity as a whole ", evaluating all potential impacts on water quality, including spill risks, threats to cultural resources, and impacts on wildlife. This approach was established under the Biden administration in 2023.
Environment
California
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Students ask Saratoga council to advocate for indigenous tribe recognition

Students urged Saratoga to recognize the Muwekma Ohlone tribe while the city approved a $184,537 SVCE grant for electrification infrastructure.
Arts
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Secrets of Indigenous Art

Modern European and American modernists drew heavily from Indigenous arts, while museums long framed Indigenous adoption of Western forms as a loss of authenticity.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

They found Indigenous ancestral remains on their property. They say doing the right thing shouldn't cost them | CBC News

A couple's property renovation in Ontario halted after discovering ancestral Indigenous remains, potentially costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected expenses.
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Native Activists Launch Prayer Camp Outside MN Immigration Detention Center

Native activists established a prayer camp at Fort Snelling to reclaim Bdóte, confront historic Dakota and Ho-Chunk imprisonment, and protest nearby immigration detainment.
Environment
fromKqed
3 months ago

Maidu Tribes Reignite Ancestral Fire Stewardship in the Sierra Foothills | KQED

Berry Creek Maidu revived traditional controlled burns to restore ecological stewardship, protect gathering areas for food and basket materials, and train community members.
US politics
fromFortune
2 months ago

Trump doesn't think there's any reason 'right now' to use Insurrection Act in Minn., while Native Americans urged to carry ID due to ICE threat | Fortune

Garrison Gibson, a Liberian immigrant, was repeatedly arrested and released during a Minnesota immigration sweep that prompted warnings against confrontational protests.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Occupied Minnesota

Immigration enforcement in Minnesota has created occupation-like conditions requiring faith-based protective presence to shelter and escort vulnerable parishioners.
US politics
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Is Canada Ready for an American Civil War? | The Walrus

US domestic politics are sliding into lawlessness as federal immigration agents are used to intimidate political opponents, undermining the rule of law.
US politics
fromReadWrite
2 months ago

Catawba chief reveals Two Kings Casino plans

Catawba Nation plans a North Carolina satellite office, legislative efforts, and a new introductory casino ahead of its Two Kings Casino Resort opening in 2027.
Canada news
fromFast Company
2 months ago

This whole city block got an indigenous redesign

An Indigenous-led Toronto development integrates traditional healing, cultural design, housing, job training, and public spaces to reflect Indigenous traditions and community-led planning.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Ford 'doesn't know what he's talking about' when it comes to basket weaving, Indigenous artist says | CBC News

Indigenous basket maker Spencer Lunham Jr. defends basket weaving as cultural, valuable, and a viable full-time livelihood, rejecting claims that it lacks market demand.
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