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[Episcopal News Service] Four candidates for president and one candidate for vice president of the House of Deputies participated June 4 in an online forum, to

[Episcopal News Service] At least four deputies have expressed interest in running for president of the House of Deputies, along with one candidate for the hous

For years, Ruth Alipaz has been fighting against the Chepete-El Bala hydroelectric project. The project involves the construction of two reservoirs that together would flood at least 66,200 hectares (163,500 acres) of land and displace more than 5,000 people, the majority of them Indigenous communities. “They came to my village to threaten me because of […]

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Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the UN Security Council on April 5, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. | Photo Credit: AP Russia, contesting elections to four U.N. committees, lost all of them, including one to Ukraine, a verdict being seen as Moscow’s isolation on

New Film on Indigenous Issues to Premiere in New Orleans, Featuring a Post-Screening Discussion with Local Community Leaders, May 18 at The Broad Theater.  Featuring a post-screening discussion with: Shannon Rainey, President of Residents of Gordon Plaza; Donny Verdin, Vice Principle Chief, United Houma Nation; and Powerlands Director Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso. Contact: Solidarity Films, solidarity@gmail.com Trailer:

Indian Country headlines for Tuesday, May 10, 2022

At the close of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, leaders call for enhanced participation at the international level

At the close of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, leaders urge greater protections for human rights.