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While Indigenous nations across the United States have vast energy resources, it can be hard for them to develop that potential. Tribal representatives spoke to the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs on Thursday about the challenges they face in developing energy resources. Sub-committee chairwoman U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, said 30 percent […]

The former U.S. president faces four federal charges in his third criminal indictment in four months

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said that when Native women won election, it sparked more attention for the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

The head of the country’s largest Lutheran denomination announced April 12 that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is launching its own Truth and Healing Movement to help its 3 million members better understand the “colonizing impacts” the church has had on Indigenous people, both past and present. “We must be in better, right, and healthy relationships with the

(RNS) — ‘It’s pretty tremendous that a bishop has commissioned a movement,’ said Vance Blackfox, the ELCA’s director for Indigenous ministries and tribal relations.

At a live discussion in Boston, the head of the Bezos Earth Fund joined climate activists and a scholar of conservation giving to discuss the ways philanthropy can make a difference — and where it needs to better. The session was sponsored by the Chronicle, Associated Press, and the Conversation.

The alert system will send information about missing Indigenous people to highway signs, local media outlets, and law enforcement social media pages.

The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequalities facing Indigenous peoples worldwide, but COP26 brought them centre stage. Global Insight looks at the pressing need to make Indigenous voices part of the solution.

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  MONTREAL -- While Indigenous people who attended federal Indian Day Schools won a class action settlement with the federal government last year, the process of accessing that settlement has not been easy. Thats why on Thursday, a program took place to help them file their claims. “It can certainly be a challenging process for people,” said Krystal Summers of the Federal Indian Day School Community Support Program, which was set up following the settlement. On Thursday, survivors were...