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UpdatedFri, Jan 15, 2021 at 5:47 pm ET Reply The Institute for American Indian Studies located in Washington Connecticut is keeping up a popular tradition in 2021 by offering a series of Native American-inspired craft workshops for kids and families every other Sunday in January and February. The workshops will be conducted in a safe socially distanced environment with a maximum of just six participants. The silver lining to offering such small workshops is that museum educators will not only b...

Montana Legislature to vote whether to reinstate Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force Nora Mabie, Great Falls Tribune © RION SANDERS/GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE Tina Chamberlain, LINC coordinator with Montana Department of Justice, opens Thursdays meeting Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force at the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe Office Building in Great Falls. After hearing from lawmakers and the public on Tuesday, the Montana Legislature is expected to vote in the next two weeks on w...

Eight Indigenous leaders from Ucayali and Huánuco have received threats for months from narco-trafficking mafias, land invaders, and illegal loggers. Several days ago, they were in Lima demanding protection from the Peruvian government. They fear for their lives. It couldnt have been a coincidence. A threatening message arrived on October 2nd in the afternoon. It was left in the front door of the offices of ORAU (Regional Organization of AIDESEP in Ucayali) in Pucallpa. That same day, only hou...