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Hundreds of Indigenous Peoples from the Xingu River Basin have occupied a Belo Monte Dam construction site on Pimental Island in the Xingu River in Pará,
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June 29, 2012 // 0 Comments
It’s been two months since the U.S. Senate voted 68 – 31 to approve a reauthorization of the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) that included major tribal court
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June 28, 2012 // 0 Comments
If Gov. Jan Brewer and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are cheering and excited about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s SB 1070, then you know
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June 28, 2012 // 0 Comments
American Indian tribes from across the United States have joined together to announce the formation of the Native American Financial Services Association. The new group has
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June 28, 2012 // 0 Comments
This year marks 150 years since the Sioux Uprising, or the Dakota War, of 1862. The uprising was a six-week armed conflict along the Minnesota River, beginning on Aug. 17,
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June 28, 2012 // 0 Comments
The memories overwhelm me as the question is posed, “What does education for liberation look like in Tucson?” I see the marches, the vigils, the teatro. I feel the music
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June 27, 2012 // 0 Comments
After more than a week of peaceful protests, indigenous Quechua residents of the Pastaza River basin finally pushed the Peruvian government to launch a high-level
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June 27, 2012 // 1 Comment
Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling to uphold the “show me your papers” provision in the case of Arizona v. the United States leaves Latinos and people of color in the
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June 26, 2012 // 0 Comments
J.T. Ready, the neo-Nazi border vigilante who killed himself and four others in a domestic dispute in May, was twice caught forcibly detaining immigrants in the Arizona
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June 22, 2012 // 0 Comments
Framing is (or should be) about moral values, deep truths, and the policies that flow from them. As of their kickoff speeches in Ohio, Romney and Obama have both chosen
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June 21, 2012 // 0 Comments