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April 29
Defending America’s Endangered Languages
The Five Most Essential Books About Indigenous Art
Studies planned for 2nd Belize-Mexico power link
April 30
Latin American Indigenous leaders discuss joint agenda for COP30 in Brazil
Amadeus & UN Tourism joint report reveals tourism in the Americas is on the rise
Bermuda’s CCTV system delayed until end of July
Regional Inuit associations lay out priorities at mining symposium
How to Plan the Perfect Trip to Costa Rica
May 1
The collapse of affordable internet will hit indigenous communities the hardest
NEH Grant to Support History Research on South American Indigenous War and Mission Militias
Snubbed and left out: Saint-Pierre and Miquelon’s residents feel far removed from the Paris Olympics festivities
Navajo government asks Biden admin to stop uranium transport across Navajo Nation
Sweeping Colorado River settlement will bring water, equity to Navajo communities
Knute Nelson, revered statesman, played key role in removing Ojibwe from their land
Drought behind Panama Canal’s 2023 shipping disruption ‘unlikely’ without El Niño
May 2
Why does TB have such a hold on the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic?
Bill C-29 an attack on Inuit self-determination
Penn Study in Navajo Nation Boosts Guideline Heart Failure Drug Uptake by 53%
Human trafficking operation broken up in Choctaw, Miss.
San Carlos Apache Tribe Requests United Nations to Demand the U.S. Protects Oak Flat
Addressing Compounded Crises in Belize: How a Flexible Approach Cushioned Vulnerable Communities Against Shocks
Elections in Panama: The China Factor
May 3
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
1st Americans came over in 4 different waves from Siberia, linguist argues
Our revised race standards still fall short for Indigenous Americans
Inuit women’s org calls for enhanced midwifery services in Arctic
Arctic Museum centers Inuit folklore, mythology through art
Embracing Digitization for Improved Record-Keeping and Civil Registration Services at Belize’s Vital Statistics Unit
May 4
Oklahoma’s Muscogee (Creek) Nation prepares to co-manage Georgia’s first National Park
May 5
Nuuk, Greenland to Host Pan-Arctic Vision 2024
Spain wins Bermuda SailGP
Panama election: Voters to choose president after front-runner sentenced
May 6
How L.A. can stop excluding Latin American Indigenous language speakers
Working to Keep Náhuat, the Language of the Pipil People, from Vanishing in El Salvador
Lithium mine being built on ‘sacred ground’ where Native Americans say they were massacred
‘Our rights are on trial in Brazil’: Interview with Indigenous movement pioneer Brasílio Priprá
Speaking of Nature: Capturing my Bermuda nemesis: The Great Kiskadee nearly evaded me, until I followed its song
US: National Park Service Announces $85.15 Million in Historic Preservation Grants to States and Tribes
SEforALL partners with Government of Panama to launch STEM Traineeship in Panama
Panama’s Electoral Tribunal declares Mulino winner of presidential elections
Former minister Jose Raul Mulino wins Panama presidential race
May 7
Meet the all-female patrol guarding Ecuador’s Amazon Rainforest
Exploring the Bermuda Triangle: Greenpeace in the Sargasso Sea
Inuit midwifery services are a health and cultural right: report
Sage Memorial Hospital in Navajo Nation constructs new facility to improve health care
Belize, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis
Panama president-elect promises to close Darien Gap migrant route
May 8
Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer.
What America’s first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation
Flora Duffy: Bermuda’s first-ever Olympic champion on her ‘miracle’ comeback ahead of Paris 2024
Minnesota developers create video game to help preserve the Ojibwe language
At age 30, Choctaw Stadium’s future looks promising
Panama Canal rebound continues as transits rise again in April
May 9
‘Greenland: Migration’: Lionsgate Boards Gerard Butler Action Thriller From Anton and STX Entertainment
Federal and Inuit leaders meet to discuss housing, education
And the winner of the Muscogee County 2024 Teacher of the Year award is . . .
May 10
Greenland boycotts Nordic Council over ‘discrimination’
May 11
Exploring the Realm of Boa Constrictors in Costa Rica
May 12
Rigoberta Menchú Paved the Way for an Opening in Guatemala
Cherokee Freedmen touring exhibit opens at the U.S. Marshals Museum
Grand Portage Band and MnDOT to unveil Ojibwe-English road signs
May 13
Healing from the dark period of religious and cultural persecution
Latin America’s necessary moonshot
Solar and wind powered boat’s final voyage across the sea
Indigenous fraud summit in Winnipeg to discuss Inuit identity, federal legislation
Ojibwe-English road signs coming to Highway 61 in Minnesota
Grateful beyond words for the Great Choctaw Nation
May 14
1811 May 14: Paraguay Independence Day
It’s Greenland’s Turn to Lead the Arctic Council
Facing ‘maternal evacuation,’ Inuit women on Labrador’s north coast want midwifery at home
Proposed settlement is first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American tribes
Navajo Nation Agreement to Settle All Water Rights Claims in Arizona
Kelly Announces Historic Preservation Funds Coming To San Carlos Apache Tribe
May 15
Disparities and Resilience Among American Indian and Alaska Native People who are Pregnant or Postpartum
Why This Year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival Honors Indigenous Americans
EU allocates €130 million in humanitarian aid for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024
Latin America and the Caribbean have a new brand to attract more investment, tourism, and a greater global presence
Countries at Risk for Yellow Fever: South America
Opponents of copper mine on Apache site head to Supreme Court
May 16
Native income has grown the fastest in Minnesota, but maintaining that is precarious
America as you’ve never seen it before: the Dutch settlement of New York from the Native American perspective
The only tribal medical school in the U.S. graduates its first Native American doctors
Center for Native American and Indigenous Research hosts 6th annual symposium on ‘Indigenous Futures’
Cherokee Nation citizen, Seven Feathers award winner expands his business
Q&A: Ojibwe Designer Lucie Skjefte on New Collaboration with Minnetonka Footwear
Is This the Year the Muscogee Nation Gets a National Park?
May 17
1990 May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
May 17, third Friday in May: Endangered Species Day
Storytelling Through Photography: Tailyr Irvine
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
Navajo leaders outraged after a Lakota student’s tribal regalia was removed at graduation
Choctaw Nation recounts the history of the Trail of Tears
AZ, tribes receive historic preservation funding to protect natural resources, culture, traditions
Brandi Morin: The Apache stronghold standing in the way of a massive copper mine
DOJ looks to join Muscogee Nation in lawsuit against Tulsa
May 18
Native American news roundup, May 12-18, 2024
May 20
1902 May 20: Cuba Independence Day
May 21
May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
Supporting Inuit-led conservation in Nunavut
Why Belize is better for scuba diving than the Great Barrier Reef
May 22
May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity
‘In the footprints of your ancestors’: Muscogee (Creek) Nation returns to Tallahassee area
May 23
Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Allan Hawco, Baroness Von Sketch creators highlight new CBC lineup
First-of-its-kind medical school in Cherokee Nation graduates inaugural class of doctors
Cherokee Nation special election will decide fate of constitutional convention
May 24
1822 May 24: Ecuador Independence Day
PAHO urges countries to strengthen dengue prevention in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean
Navajo president: Failing to pass tribal water rights settlement would be ‘another form of genocide’
Hinckley-Finlayson district wrong to bar Ojibwe song at graduation ceremony
Wisconsin Ojibwe leader included in White House discussions on rural issues
Fallbrook elementary school honors Native American history with reading room
May 25
1948 May 25: Day of Heroes of Fight Against Totalitarianism
May 26
1966 May 26: Guyana Independence Day
May 27
‘I’m going to promote a symphony’ of languages says Indigenous writer and new member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Migrants in Central America and Mexico face violence and abuse
IRC launches ‘first of its kind’ Inuvialuit research network
A piece of blue sky: How WFP Hurricane Lisa recovery cash boosts farmers in Belize
May 28
1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act, US
Native American News Roundup April 28 – May 4, 2024
Largest Indigenous Groups in the U.S.
The best Greenland travel itinerary for you
Ojibwe song played outside northern Minnesota graduation after school board removed it from ceremony
Ojibwe costume designer for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ sues Apple Studios
The Importance of Prairie Lands to the Choctaw Nation’s Ecosystem
Co-founder of San Carlos Apache Tribe nonprofit wins ‘More Than a Pet Community Hero’
Belize and European Union Hold Partnership Dialogue
May 29
Greenland football association applies for CONCACAF membership
May 30
May 30: International Day of Parliamentarism
1967 May 30: Anguilla Day
Report reveals sexual abuse of Native American children at Catholic boarding schools
In Belize, flawed conservation measures threaten small-scale fishers’ livelihoods (commentary)
May 31
Research explores how colonial America adopted the birchbark canoe
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1969 June: LGBT Pride Month
1924 June 2: Indian Citizenship Act, US
1944 June 6: D-Day/Normandy landings
1982 June 14: Falkland Islands Liberation Day
1972 June 17: Who Needs Watergate, When There Is WordPress
1865 June 19: Juneteenth National Independence Day, US
June 20: World Refugee Day
June 21: Canada Indigenous Peoples Day
1876 June 25: Battle of Little Bighorn, US
June 30: International Day of Parliamentarism
1867 July 1: Canada Day
1776 July 4: United States Independence Day
1811 July 5: Venezuelan Declaration of Independence