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MOVEMENT RIGHTS IN THE NEWS
Ponca people return to the Niobrara River homelands.

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Missing and Murdered: An Introductory History of MMIR This is the second installment of our Protect the Sacred series. In this article, we’re covering the basics of the MMIR Crisis.

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Iowa City Pride 2025

Native American Women Tell Border Patrol To Fuck Off for Harassing Them About Being Citizens.

Wildlife, not livestock: Why the Eastern Shoshone in Wyoming are reclassifying buffaloes (This story was published in partnership with The Associated Press.) In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone want to redefine how we see buffalo.

The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock. The vote indicates a growing interest to both restore buffalo on the landscape and challenge the relationship between animal and product. The latest from @siisiiko.bsky.social. grist.org/indigenous/w...

Trump Pledged to “Make America Healthy Again,” Then Cut a Program Many Tribes Rely on for Healthy Food The USDA has ended a program that dozens of tribal food banks say has helped them provide fresh, locally produced food that is important to their traditions and cultures.

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Des Moines faces declining air quality while most U.S. cities improve Nationally, 62% of metro areas improved their air quality.

Des Moines' air quality is deteriorating, with fine particle pollution rising more than 7% over the last decade, according to year-over-year EPA data.
Sioux City saw the largest increase, almost 15%.
Iowa City's increased 1.2%

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Enhancing Climate Finance Access for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Insights From Payments for Ecosystem Services Through a global review of 129 PES programs, complemented by a case study in Guatemala, this report examines how IPs and LCs have participated in and benefited from PES programs – both monetarily and ...

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A man paddles a wooden canoe through a lush, green forest waterway. Bold white text reads: “Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight.”

Indigenous Peoples are among the most effective environmental stewards.

Yet, they receive less than 1% of international climate funding.

A new UN report calls for reforms that will benefit these communities: news.un.org/en/story/202...

Historic Investigation of U.S. Boarding Schools for Native Children Ends With Scathing Report - UNICORN RIOT For the first time in its 248-year existence, the United States government investigated its own Federal Indian Boarding Schools, a genocidal element of the racist settler colonial project by which the...

For the first time in its 248-year existence, the United States government investigated its own Federal Indian Boarding Schools, a genocidal element of the racist settler colonial project by which the country was formed. [Report from November 2024]

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3 First Nations chiefs warn Ontario's premier Treaty 9 lands are 'not for sale' | CBC News Three Treaty 9 First Nations chiefs say they will challenge a proposed Ontario law to implement "special economic zones" to speed up development, if passed.

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Loved that he spoke in Cree! 🪶🙌🏽

❤️ Fun fact: The Jolly Jumper was invented by an Indigenous Canadian woman named Olivia Poole.

JS fashion show by Jamie Saunsoci at the Beyond Fashion Festival in Iowa City. Along with the fashion show, we brought in the talented MorningStar Dance Troupe for a dance presentation and renowned Chef Anthony Warrior to cater a wonderful reception afterwards with Indigenous inspired foods.

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Arizona lawmakers unanimously passed Emily’s Law, a bill creating a Turquoise Alert system to help locate missing people under 65.

Ripples Of Change
May 2-3, 2025
Omaha
Teach-in and Indigenous Water Ceremony following the Berkshire-Hathaway Shareholders Meeting.
Sierra Club youth advocate Kansas Lohmeier successfully addressed the meeting regarding shuttering Mid-American coal plants.

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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has rescinded approximately $1.5 million in grants for digitizing records and collecting testimonies related to U.S. government-run Indian boarding schools.

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NO Permit for Pattison Sand Company: Tell the DNR to do its Job and Protect our Water Once again, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has failed to serve its expressed purpose to "conserve and enhance Iowa's natural resources to improve the quality of life and ensure a legac...

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Join us in our annual Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives march this year in the Siouxland area. This is a collaborative effort between Red Sky Nation and Great Plains Action Society.

Two Mid American coal plants are poisoning indigenous populations in Iowa and Nebraska.
Iowa’s Dirty Secret: The True Cost of Burning Coal is a short film that examines the cost of coal on people and the environment.
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This Earth Day Celebrate Indigenous Resistance & Rematriation

This Earth Day, support Indigenous Resistance and ReMatriation. Donate to the honornativelandfund.org and read more at:
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#EarthDay #rematriate #landback #IndigenousSovereignty #SmashThePatriarchy #regenerativeagriculture

Native American mascot ban clears the Illinois House, heads to Senate Illinois House passes bill banning Native American mascots in K-12 schools, aiming to reduce stereotypes in education.

Some good news! Let’s keep it going!

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The event is free and open to the general public in person and online. Get the agenda and more information at www.greatplainsaction.org/rematriation-futures
Check out the amazing speakers!

The event is free and open to the general public in person and online. Get the agenda and more information at www.greatplainsaction.org/rematriation-futures
Check out the amazing speakers!

If you are in the Quad Cities on Thursday, join our ED, Sikowis Nobiss at a talk on ReMatriation. More info at bit.ly/aprilfigge

Kennedy Center leaders dismantle Social Impact initiative weeks after Trump takeover Multiple artists and partners linked with equity programming said they didn’t receive warning from Kennedy Center officials ahead of the elimination of the Social Impact division.

They’re going after “social impact” initiatives.
“The Center has withdrawn its promised support for Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride 2025 (DBIWP)...
This is part of a larger pattern of authoritarianism targeting queer, disabled, and Indigenous lives.”

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This Health Center's Art Collection Is Medicine to Its Community The Oyate Health Center in Rapid City, South Dakota, is a place of healing, connection, Native art, and rooting in place.

So Beautiful

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ReMatriation Futures Symposium | GreatPlainsAction ReMatriation describes an entire movement that is not just intent on returning land, but also rekindling Indigenous Lifeways and Matriarchies so we can build a regenerative and compassionate world eco...

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