Americas: Sitting Out – Small Nations Alliance

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This is one of the last places on Earth to explore an ancient Arctic life
Nunavut looks to green energy as COP28 signals move away from fossil fuels
Bolivia’s MAS Party Careens Toward a Split

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Global Affairs offers ‘deepest regrets’ to ‘Inuit and Indigenous communities’ over AI-generated image
3 dead, 5 missing in Bolivia floods, landslides
Far from Venezuela-Guyana oil flap, Mango Landing just wants peace

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Why are there so many ghost towns in Greenland?
How an Iqaluit publisher is saving Inuit stories by opening a unique Toronto bookstore
Petronas, Shell, QatarEnergy and TotalEnergies sign Suriname offshore contracts
Indigenous advocates reject Chile’s new draft constitution ahead of vote
Outcry as Brazil Congress overrides president to revive anti-Indigenous law
Mega oil and gas auction in the Brazilian Amazon may threaten Indigenous lands
Indigenous protesters in Brazil interrupt hearing on Amazon grain railway

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Thanks, but no thanks: Native American museum returns LDS Church’s $2 million gift

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December 18: International Migrants Day
In Ski Country First, This Resort is Adding Indigenous Language Translations to Trail Signs
Inuit know-how guides future of remote Arctic park
In Nicaragua, report points to continuing violations
An Emergency Action Plan to End the Killings in the Peruvian Amazon
In Gustavo Petro’s Colombia, a New Plan Is Promoting Green Energy and Indigenous Rights
‘Visible signs of hope’ for Haiti, Assembly President Francis insists

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1980 December 19: National Heroes and Heroines Day, Anguilla
Disney announces Ojibwe language dub of “Star Wars: A New Hope”
Paraguay jail: Fighting cockerels seized in deadly raid
Anthropologist’s mapping project shows how Peru transformed after colonization

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Killers of the Flower Moon is a Study in Genocidal Villainy That Continues in Today’s War on Native American Sacred Sites
Defense bill grants Native American veterans more paths to advocacy
Quebec, Inuit to reopen self-government negotiations in new year
Inuk Elder Qapik Attagutsiak, last survivor of Inuit war effort, dies at 103
Honduras Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan Summary 2024
Indigenous activists are risking their lives for butterflies
Suriname court upholds 20-year sentence for ex-president in murder trial
The Netherlands repatriates 1,000-year-old human remains to Statia

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Visions common among healthy Ojibwe elders, UMN study finds
Bolivia welcomes summer solstice with ancestral rituals
Martinique Chanté Nwèl, a fantastic French-styled Christmas tradition

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‘This river is doomed’: Peru’s gold rush threatens waterways and the people who depend on them
Colombian companies defy laws, push Amazon carbon projects in Indigenous lands

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What winter solstice rituals tell us about indigenous people
Ojibwe language instruction goes high tech with virtual reality
The battle against forced recruitment in Colombia

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Bolivia’s Indigenous women climbers fear for their future as the Andean glaciers melt
In Guyana, Venezuela, Indigenous people must lead resistance against border disputes

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The Caribbean Island Of Martinique Is A Melting Pot Of Culture – Here’s What You Should Know

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Preserving Indigenous cultures and languages with the help of AI
“Blitzkrieg” – Venezuela style: Why is Russia interested in yet another global hotspot?

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Renewable energy drive for indigenous groups in Colombia
Trinidad and Tobago social security agency hit with post-Christmas ransomware attack

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A light in the dark – traditions to brighten winter’s darkness, from Greenland to Antarctica
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force

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1890 December 29: Wounded Knee Massacre, South Dakota, US
British Virgin Islands: Top 5 British Virgin Islands Publications Of 2023

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The supernatural invades American museums via indigenous artifacts
How to Celebrate the New Year in Greenland? Terrify Everyone
Bolivian court rules that former president Morales cannot seek re-election
Paula Baeza Pailamilla, Mapuche activist: ‘Our spiritual authorities were satanized by Christianity’
Indigenous leader Danilo Villafañe dies at 49 in trying to save drowning women in Colombia

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Future Over Your Shoulder

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1804 January 1: Haitian Declaration of Independence
Plane detained in France sheds light on Nicaragua’s role in US migrant crisis
Zapatista indigenous rebel movement marks 30 years since its armed uprising in southern Mexico

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Native American culture matters
Can Anything Stop El Salvador’s Bitcoin-Loving, Backsliding Leader?
An Indigenous teen’s protest: Give birth on land she said belonged to her people
On the Rise: Sisa Quispe celebrates her Quechua and Aymara heritage
Andean fight club helps clear air for new year
Machi Betiana’s return to the rewe
Illegal gold mining devastates Peruvian Amazon river and communities
How Latin America’s Indigenous groups are showing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
Caribbean: Same-sex marriage likely in Sint-Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao
Puerto Rico: An electric system for the future

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Echo viewers will be able to watch new Marvel series dubbed in the Choctaw language
Inside Montana State Prison: Tribal religious and cultural freedom
How Indigenous spirituality can inform our view of culture, religion and the environment
Curacao and St. Maarten to welcome new currency more than a decade after becoming autonomous
Robust growth ahead for Dominican Republic

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Marvel’s newest superhero Kahhori speaks Kanien’kéha
Indigenous Americans — The Journal’s Historical “Indian Problem”
Book review: The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives
How Nicaragua is weaponizing immigration to the U.S.
The Florentine Codex Describes Early Aztec Life and Is Now Accessible Online
Uruguay bill stirs debate about dictatorship-era crimes
Argentina extradites Indigenous Mapuche leader to Chile
False claims of U.N. backing see Indigenous groups cede forest rights for sketchy finance

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A year in review: Choctaw Nation celebrates successes of 2023
In Peru, it takes time to tear down a symbol of colonialism, class, and segregation
Curaçao and Sint Maarten will begin using new Caribbean guilders in 2025
Haiti’s Gangs: Can a Foreign Mission Break Their Stranglehold?

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Bolivia announces biggest-ever cocaine bust at nearly 9 tons

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Lunar burials are offensive to indigenous cultures – Navajo leader
In Honduras, gangs recruit children by offering affection: ‘I received my first hug from a gang member’
Anguilla records first murder for 2024
Human trafficking victims rescued in St Maarten

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1918 January 8: Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points on free trade, democracy and self-determination
Looking beyond Indigeneity: impacts of green transition on Indigenous Peoples
Why I still believe in America
Lily Gladstone’s Braids Are A Tribute to Indigenous America
Ned Blackhawk won the National Book Award by centering Native people’s history
Over 200 Applications for New Arctic Defense Education Program in Greenland
Things Inuk Woman Living in the Arctic Just Can’t Live Without
In 2024, become involved in the Choctaw Nation
Climate Change Ruining Farms on El Salvador’s Coast
Muscogee Nation declines to participate in Stitt’s McGirt task force
An alternate history of Mexican conquest, with a Tarantino-ready twist
Study reveals new genetics insights into inhabitants of Teōtīhuacān
Childbirth, Health, and Medicine in Ancient Mesoamerica
In Chiapas, Indigenous-Language Speakers Face Life-or-Death Trials — With No Interpreter
How Peru’s food culture pushed Lima to ‘world’s best restaurants’ fame
Historic land win for Ecuador’s Siekopai sets precedent for other Indigenous peoples
E-Judiciary System Operational In Turks And Caicos Islands
Antigua and Barbuda targets complete digitalization of its public services by 2030

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Native American-Led Projects Get $4.5 Million from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Native American Ingenuity in Gulf Shores
A not so new world of politics: The importance of the Native American vote
Bison bounce back in the American West, giving Indigenous nations hope for restorations of their own
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE
Healing old wounds: The revival of Greenlandic Inuit tattoos in Denmark
How The Cherokee Nation Is Establishing Cinematic Sovereignty With Innovative Storytelling and Cultural Empowerment
North Carolina City Takes First Steps Toward Cherokee Cultural Corridor
Choctaw Nation launches informational website for Marvel’s Echo series
Paraguay military warns of ‘significant impact’ of ransomware after attack on internet provider
Ecuador in state of emergency after notorious gang leader escapes prison
Chile’s fantasy fiction: deadly fungi, illegal logging and Indigenous uprisings
Chile again rejects Constitution rewrite; experts say no big loss for environment
Challenges to Chile becoming a green hydrogen superpower
Venezuela: 19th-Century General Elevated to National Pantheon
Indigenous Peoples and local communities report ongoing and widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems
The Tame and the Wild — Henry Mance on understanding animals differently
The U.S. Should Strengthen the IEANPE and Formulate a Strategy for the Implementation of the Ethnic Chapter
Lula vows to win ‘war’ against illegal miners invading Indigenous lands
Prime Minister of Dominica Touts Unparalleled Benefits of Citizenship by Investment Programme
Haiti: former presidents and prime ministers accused of corruption
Fuel in Cuba to become five times more expensive

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1983 January 10: Margaret Thatcher Day, Falkland Islands
National Museum of Bermuda celebrates 50 years
‘Truly historic’: Navajo scholars will help teach their peoples’ story in a new textbook
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe VP delivers State of the Tribes address
UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Francisco Ramirez Amador in Honduras
The Zapatista uprising, 30 years on
Cocopah Indigenous leader killed in northern Mexico border state
Fmr. Suriname President Desi Bouterse ordered to report to prison on Friday
Guyana asks U.S. to help boost its military as territorial dispute with Venezuela deepens
How Bolivia’s gold rush is poisoning Indigenous communities
Venezuelan indigenous doubt missionary’s ‘suicide’
International scrap over treasure-laden Spanish galleon that sunk off the Colombian coast in 1708
Brazilian indigenous products get seal of origin
From Alaska to Brazil, Indigenous artists explore their histories and future visions
Caribbean Netherlands and other island nations see digital transformation
Grand Cayman Digital Marketing Bootcamp for the Cayman Islands Business Sector Coming Soon
Nearly 1,000 People In Saint Lucia Living With HIV
Puerto Rican Advocates Pursue Community Control of Renewable Energy
Puerto Rico looks to go local to reduce food import dependence

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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
1 in 5 Students, Majority of Native American Pupils, Chronically Absent in South Dakota
Activist wants to be first Native American to serve on Sioux Falls City Council
Governments increasingly banking on Indigenous communities to tackle climate change
New exhibit at Kamloops Art Gallery to feature work of influential Inuit artist
Makivvik language rules for president too strict, says would-be candidate
Belize tourism demonstrates robust recovery in 2023 with significant milestones
Belize begins assessment of ‘worst coral bleaching event in a decade’
Nicaraguan Exile Leader Wounded in Assassination Attempt in Costa Rica
Tribal flags celebrated at South Dakota Capitol, but Crow Creek Sioux Tribe one leader sees more still to do
Champions of El Salvador’s Historic Mining Ban Face Legal Persecution
Can Guatemala’s new president turn the tide on years of corruption?
Guatemala arrests former minister accused of failing to quell election protests
Marisela Ballesteros makes history as the first Indigenous person elected to the Gunnison City Council
Milei Wants Argentina To Take Back the Falkland Islands
Marlink’s YanaSat service to provide high-speed internet in French Guiana
Guyana rejects quest for US military base as territorial dispute with Venezuela deepens
Arms Trafficking Case Puts Europe-Paraguay Pipeline on the Map
Half a century later, the military junta still haunts Chile
‘The Settlers’ Review: Writing the History of Modern Chile, in Blood
Does upside outweigh risk in copper rich Chile?
Fears simmer in Essequibo region as Venezuela eyes the disputed territory
Solidarity, Advocacy, and Resistance in the Amazon and Beyond
UN underlines need to move forward on peace efforts in Colombia
Promise of full demarcation for isolated Amazon tribe rings hollow for some
Dutch Caribbean islanders sue Netherlands over climate change
Sint Maarten votes in its 2024 Parliamentary election
EU Investigating Passport Sales in Saint Kitts & Nevis Through Golden Passport Program
U.S. Virgin Islands to build its first artificial reef for storm defense
Dominica and Grenada on New York Times ’52 places to visit in 2024′
Grenada, Dominica lead charge in OECS waste management transformation
How Archaeologists Are Unearthing the Secrets of the Bahamas’ First Inhabitants
2023 Year in Review: Advancing Puerto Rico’s Grid Recovery and Modernization
Prime Minister Calls on Everyone to Protect Brand Jamaica
The U.S. has never forgiven Haiti

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Cat bonds & ILS dominate Bermuda re/insurance registrations again in 2023
Cherokee Nation Foundation scholarships application window closes after Jan. 31
Maersk to use rail to bypass Panama Canal amid drought
Nicaragua closes four associations with ties to Taiwan
Archeologists uncover ‘lost valley of cities’ built 2,500 years ago in Ecuador
Chilean government partners with Google to launch Asia-Pacific fiber optic link
Striking environmental workers threaten to quit Yanomami territory in Amazon
So far, Latin America largely sits out furor over ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
Maria Martin, With Love and Light
Dominican Republic’s Tourism sector achieves record growth
Haitian ambassador Penn thanks Taiwan for longstanding support

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January 16: Virtual Lecture – Molly Brant and the Native American Revolution
Jan 20, 2024 to Apr 6, 2024: Sleeping in Skins: Life in Inuit Nunangat

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3d Monday of January: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
1863 January 29: Bear River Massacre
February: African-American History Month, US
1974 February 7: Grenada Independence Day
1818 February 12: Chile Independence Day