“If we’re considering a library as an almost living thing that involves and welcomes the community, we have to be mindful that Indigenous communities are part of our community,” says Rebecca Chapman, ...

In this presentation, I analyze the Piikani Nation’s attempts to halt the construction of the Oldman River Dam, as this struggle highlights the challenges Indigenous communities can face in attempting ...

‘Wáahlaal Gíidaak, who is Indigenous Haida, Tlingit, and Ahtna Athabascan, grew up on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska that was home to about 6,000 people. She spent her career working in government ...

In Indonesia, where state-designated conservation areas often overlap with customary territories, Indigenous peoples have faced prosecution and imprisonment for living in and managing their ancestral ...

This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, Indian Country Today, and High Country News. In 2020, construction of Fosen Vind, ...

Students in Colorado Law’s American Indian Law Program recently launched a first-of-its-kind educational toolkit to help American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians across the U.S. realize ...

A new amendment to the United States’ Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) came into effect in January 2024. The amended law now has some teeth to penalize museums who have ...

Brazil’s Congress has pushed through a new law that includes several anti-Indigenous measures that strip back land rights and open traditional territories to mining and agribusiness. It includes the ...