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April 8: International Romani day
Honduras extends emergency powers to fight violent gangs
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Trust science, not ‘alternative historians,’ when it comes to learning about Indigenous peoples
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Indigenous groups fear culture distortion as AI learns their languages
Environmental defenders reel from Mexico and Central America attacks
Guyana celebrates cowboy lifestyle with festival
Peruvian Indigenous Leader Killed In Central Region
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China, Honduras Draft Economic Agreements
Meet the TikToker teaching a 5,000-year-old Indigenous language
Chilean Congress approves bill reducing work week to 40 hours
Brazilian gold miners get free rein in Venezuela’s Indigenous lands
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Yale to offer first Indigenous language course in fall 2023
Preserving Cherokee Nation Traditions with AT&T Connectivity
How Ojibwe tribes in Wisconsin resisted efforts to deny treaty rights
Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish
U.S., Panama, Colombia Aim to Stop Migrants From Crossing the Dangerous Darien Gap
Ecuador gangs: Hunt for gunmen who killed nine port workers
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1873 April 13: Colfax massacre
Lutherans launch initiative joining Indigenous-led Truth and Healing Movement
Opinion: First Nations mean business
Native communities want schools to teach Native languages. Now the White House is voicing support
‘Sioux Chef’ Sean Sherman makes Time’s list of 100 most influential people
Nicaragua expels two nuns in latest crackdown on Catholic church and opposition
Uruguay is losing its reputation as Latin America’s success story
Indigenous people free 17 soldiers held captive in Colombia
Barbados prime minister leads push to transform global finance
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Indigenous Activists Share Mixed Feelings on Vatican Rejection of Doctrine of Discovery
8 Indigenous Activists Fighting Injustice That You Should Know
Little Cayman is ‘national treasure’, says Premier
‘I was born here’: Thousands in limbo in Dominican Republic
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Watch: European Space Agency launches Jupiter mission from French Guiana
US dollar scarcity threatens Bolivia’s ‘economic miracle’
Mehul Choksi can’t be removed from Antigua and Barbuda, says HC
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Native American students right to wear regalia at graduation protected by Colorado bill
From Guadeloupe to Stardom: How a Caribbean Orphan Conquered the Music World
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Do some languages sound more beautiful than others?
COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials
Ojibwe woman makes history as North Dakota poet laureate
Indigenous People’s Knowledge, Insight Needed to Address Global Climate Crisis
Niyat Project: An attempt of boosting food security in Northern Argentina through Agroecology
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The language conservancy unveils largest collection of Native American language learning materials in the world at United Nations forum
Ojibwe storyteller Isaac Murdoch says language is the foundation of nationhood
Nicaragua withdraws approval of EU ambassador to country
Bolivia is on the brink of an economic crisis
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April 19, 1940: Indian Day, Brazil
Indigenous Peoples Must Have Full Representation, Participation in Decisions Affecting Their Territory, Governance
Indigenous leaders: Planetary health and Indigenous health are interdependent
World’s largest grammar database reveals accelerating loss of language diversity
With ‘NDN Way,’ Ojibwe comedian Trish Cook brings dry, self-deprecating humor to sold-out crowds
El Salvador news outlet relocates to Costa Rica to avoid Bukele’s crackdown
US sanctions Nicaraguan judges who removed dissident citizenship
Approval denied for rapper Rich Kalashh to perform in Sint Maarten
Dive Curaçao launches new one-stop dive vacation platform
Cuba’s parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new 5-year term
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As court prepares to rule on sacred Apache site, religious freedom faces an American right prized above all others
Coinbase gets Bermuda license, plans to launch offshore exchange in coming weeks
Film about forced displacement of Inuit will have world premiere at Toronto festival
Film Documents Muscogee (Creek) Nation Newsroom’s Fight for Press Freedom
Russian foreign minister Lavrov visits Nicaragua’s Ortega
Bolivia’s crisis shows the limits of left-wing populism
Russian foreign minister visits Cuba, condemns US sanctions
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1,000-year-old Native American canoe retrieved from North Carolina lake
Navajo families’ miles-long journey for water highlights access disparities
Bolivian goldmine of lithium is setting up an ideological collision between modern society and indigenous religious views
Chile’s White Gold Rush
Peru and the Thorny Challenge of Getting Political Transitions Right
Guerillas Affect Colombian Indigenous Communities
22
Navajo University Offers First PhD in Diné
Earth Day: Bolivia’s Lake Poopo disappears amid 20-year drought
23
Tourism booms in Jamaica after pandemic, overwhelms airport
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Goldman Prize honours indigenous woman who stopped mining giant
Nominations open in race to lead National Inuit Youth Council
Honduras gang violence at ‘war-like levels’ – NGO
Falkland Islands runway refurbishment completed
Sculptures, artifacts returned to Peru in LA ceremony
Indigenous leader from Brazil wins top environmental prize
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Parliamentary inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children to hear from survivors and their families
Native Hawaiians urge Synod response to legacy of Indian boarding schools, language loss
Guatemala president pledges strong support for ‘Republic of Taiwan’
World Bank approves loan to improve education infrastructure in Paraguay
The fight for Indigenous Land rights in Brazil
Turks and Caicos: Over 200 illegal migrants intercepted at sea
Haiti crisis: Mob burns suspected gang members to death
Cuba Fuel Shortages Prompt Rationing, Event Cancellations
US launches first deportation flight to Cuba since COVID-19
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$4M set aside to gather oral histories on Indigenous boarding schools
Without Indigenous History, There Is No U.S. History
A mountain of gold: Mining titles threaten Indigenous lands in Guainía, Colombia
At Brazil’s Indigenous Olympics, players celebrate culture, sport
Indigenous Brazilians demand more land reserves
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Community rallies after Leland charter school asks Native American student to cut his hair
Apache tribe decry loss of sacred site to massive copper mine at both court and the U.N.
Panama Canal: Drought threatens one of the world’s most important shipping routes
Uruguay Foundation Prints Free 3D Prosthetic Hands, Arms
Protests In Brazil Over Indigenous Territories
Killer of Dominican Republic minister jailed for 30 years
Crisis forces Cuban government to cancel symbolic May 1st parade
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Photographer’s decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book
Research on 2,400 languages shows nearly half the world’s language diversity is at risk
Greenland Unveils Draft Constitution for Future Independence
A nearly 200-year-old unfulfilled treaty sparks student support for Cherokee Nation
Migrants: US to open new processing centres in Colombia and Guatemala
Brazil’s Lula renews recognition of indigenous land reserves
British Virgin Islands seeking bidders for ferry terminal reconstruction
Agreement for green hydrogen geothermal project signed in Dominica
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Honduras extremely dangerous for human right defenders, watchdog warns
Martinique celebrates direct flight from Toronto to Fort-de-France
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Pope Voices Willingness to Return Indigenous Artifacts
Eva Longoria shares 5 essential Mexico experiences
Morocco: How French Guiana became a refuge for Sahrawis fleeing repression
Church supports Venezuelan Indigenous immigrants’ struggle for rights in Brazil, but more help is needed
Indigenous Communities, Present & Future: A Conversation with Dioce Camico
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Nod to ancestors: Indigenous tribes gather in US for huge powwow
It’s raining IMF in Suriname
Paraguay’s long-ruling party scores an easy presidential election win
Bolivia to investigate late Spanish priest accused of abuse
Indigenous community in Colombia gets its day in court over ‘ancestral land’
Brazil’s President Lula recognizes six Indigenous lands, and says more to come
6 New Indigenous Territories Officially Recognized in Brazil
Brazil: Illegal gold miners fatally shot in Indigenous territory
Haiti on ‘brink of civil war’, humanitarian group warns
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Indigenous views from Albuquerque
Book ‘unmakes’ U.S. history to include long-excluded Native Americans
Traditional birchbark canoe tours N.S. First Nations communities ahead of North American Indigenous Games
Michigan author releases second novel focusing on her Ojibwe community in the Upper Peninsula
Horst served Indigenous churches in Argentina with love of language, music
Dominican Republic: Pegasus spyware discovered on prominent journalist’s phone
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May 3: World Press Freedom Day
‘Native America: In Translation’ shows Indigenous people as contemporaries versus historic figures
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe seeks to increase number of foster families
Eight people found dead in Brazil’s Indigenous territory
Brazilian Government to reinforce security in the Yanomami Indigenous Land after violence increased in the region
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A Proclamation on Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, 2023
With Their Knowledge Combined, Two Scholars Are Deciphering a Long-Lost Native Language
Body found next to California road in 1987 identified as Navajo woman who had “explicit” letter sent to her after she vanished
Eternal Heart Sculpture to Honor Choctaw/Ireland Relationship to be Unveiled at Choctaw Nation Capitol
Belize likely to become republic, says PM as he criticises Rishi Sunak
Identifying key sites across the Falklands to conserve seabirds
Exclusive: Suriname reaches debt restructuring deal with bondholders
Ecuador’s Political Crisis: Three Scenarios
Brazil government resumes demarcation of Indigenous land
How will climate change affect Latin America? Scientists respond to IPCC report
Grenadian prime minister ‘hopes’ country will become republic under his leadership
Jamaica: King’s coronation accelerates plans for Jamaican republic – with referendum ‘as early as 2024’
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McMorris Rodgers Helps Lead Resolution Raising Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
‘Crisis’: Calls grow to stem violence against Indigenous women
US professor apologizes after wrongly claiming to be Native American
Third-place finisher in Paraguay’s presidential election arrested
‘This Land Is Our Life’: Indigenous Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo People Defend Forest From Illegal Destruction in Peru
Indigenous group takes on Colombian government in court
Latin America had the most attacks on environmental defenders in 2022, says report
The US Virgin Islands can’t find Google co-founder Larry Page to serve him a subpoena in a lawsuit over JP Morgan’s links to Jeffrey Epstein
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China plays geopolitical chess game in Latin America
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The Artists Resisting the Myth of “White” Argentina
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Bolivian general Prado Salmon who captured Che Guevara dies
Chile’s rightwingers to lead constitution revamp
Saint Kitts and Nevis PM says country is not free while King Charles is head of state
Cuban police crack down on demonstrators protesting widespread shortages
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A Scientist Says He’s Solved the Bermuda Triangle, Just Like That
King Charles III as head of state in St Vincent and the Grenadines ‘absurd’
Haiti: International support needed now to stop spiralling gang violence
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S&P says El Salvador’s debt exchange constituted default
In French Guiana, commissioning of a combined solar and storage power plant
More on the Brazilian Army Guaraní programme
Quechua’s Chicken: ‘Everything we use here is brought from Peru’
Ecuador gets cheap debt write-off with promise to protect Galapagos’s nature
Peru sets up new control post to protect isolated indigenous communities
Bogotá’s Indigenous street children are the face of Colombia’s unrelenting cycle of violence
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Native artist Crystal Worl designs Alaska Airlines aircraft taking Indigenous language and art to the skies
Nicaragua orders Red Cross to close, in Ortega government’s latest crackdown on civic groups
Chilean Army declares red alert after Mapuche arson attacks
Indigenous Mapuche travel to Europe to highlight impacts of fracking megaproject
Indigenous Activists’ Cautious Optimism and Unwavering Demands for Colombia
Dutch citizens launch legal action against The Netherlands over climate impacts on Caribbean island Bonaire
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On the border of Colombia and Venezuela, illegal gold mining unites armed forces
New Anguilla Governor revealed
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1811 May 15: Paraguay Independence Day
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
May 19: Endangered Species Day
1902 May 20: Cuba Independence Day
May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
1822 May 24: Ecuador Independence Day
1948 May 25: Day of Heroes of Fight Against Totalitarianism
1966 May 26: Guyana Independence Day
1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act
May 30: International Day of Parliamentarism
1967 May 30: Anguilla Day
1924 June 2: Indian Citizenship Act
1944 June 6: D-Day/Normandy landings
1982 June 14: Falkland Islands Liberation Day