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News Articles: indigenous communities

Images of British journalist Dom Phillips (left) and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira are seen on a sign presented by employees of Brazil's national Indigenous agency, FUNAI, during a vigil in Brasilia, Brazil, on June 9.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: A violent tragedy foretold in the Amazon

Two of the Amazon rainforest's staunchest advocates, Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, were killed in one of its remotest corners.

June 17, 2022
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By:
  • Robert Muggah
Cristina Calderón, the last known native speaker of the Yaghan language, poses outside of the local community center in Puerto Williams, southern Chile, on April 23, 2017.

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  • Obituaries

Cristina Calderón, Chile's last known Yaghan speaker, dies at 93

Until the end of her days, Abuela Cristina — as many knew her — bided her time making traditional reed baskets, and sharing the Yaghan language and culture with those around her.

February 18, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
Tracie Revis was the first woman to serve as Chief of Staff to the Principal Chief of the Muscogee Nation. Now she is charged with leading community outreach with the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative, the Macon based group trying to create a national park that takes in traditional cultural property of the Muscogee Nation.

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  • History

New director of outreach in Georgia's national park effort brings a Native voice to the table

Tracie Revis’ roots run thousands of years deep at the Ocmulgee Mounds, where she's part of the effort to expand the footprint of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park into the first ever full-fledged national park in Georgia.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a speech during his visit to Tk'emlups the Secwepemc First Nation in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada on Monday.

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  • World

Canada's Trudeau apologizes for skipping remembrance for Indigenous school victims

Instead of attending the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Sept. 30, the prime minister and his family were on a seaside holiday in Vancouver.

October 19, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Shaandiin Parrish, who was then Miss Navajo Nation, grabs a box filled with food and other supplies to distribute to Navajo families on May 27, 2020, in Counselor on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico.

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  • National

As Miss Navajo Nation, she helped her community through the pandemic

When Shaandiin Parrish was crowned Miss Navajo Nation in 2019, she didn't expect to win. She also didn't expect to be carrying the honor two years later and through the health crisis.

October 10, 2021
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By:
  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro and
  • Deepa Shivaram
Flowers, shoes and moccasins sit on the steps of the main entrance of the former Mohawk Institute, which was a residential school for Indigenous kids, in Brantford, Ontario. The memorial is to honor the children whose remains were discovered in unmarked graves in recent months in Canada.

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  • World

Communities plan to search for more Indigenous children's remains in Canada

Thousands of Indigenous children in Canada died in the custody of boarding schools meant to assimilate them. Communities are searching for their remains.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Jacobs
Devery Jacobs, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, and Paulina Alexis (L-R) attend the premiere of FX's new comedy series "Reservation Dogs" at NeueHouse Los Angeles on August 5, 2021 in Hollywood, California. The show is being hailed as groundbreaking for Indigenous representation.

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  • Television

'Reservation Dogs' Is A Game Changer For Indigenous Representation On TV

In the new comedy series 'Reservation Dogs', four Indigenous teens in rural Oklahoma are desperate for a new life in California. Native critic Vincent Schilling calls the show "ground breaking."

August 13, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Doviaza's maps overlay the daily number of COVID cases reported by the health ministry (depicted as the spike protein of the virus, shown in red) with locations of indigenous communities (dark green).

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  • Global Health

How One Man – And A Creative Map – Made A Difference In Panama's COVID-19 Crisis

When COVID-19 hit, cartographer Carlos Doviaza wanted to help his "brothers" — members of the indigenous community. He decided to help by doing what he does best: making maps.

April 06, 2021
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By:
  • Sofia Moutinho
Molina Richards promised her friend that she wouldn't let anyone forget her daughter, Waniyetu Rose Loves War, who died in 2019.

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  • National

Human Trafficking Crisis In Indian Country 'Like A Pandemic'

Of the 109 people currently listed as missing in South Dakota, 77 of them are indigenous. The state's legislature passed a bill this week to address the alarming crisis on and off reservations.

March 12, 2021
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  • Kirk Siegler
Edith Arangoitia receives a COVID-19 vaccination in Chelsea, Mass., a heavily Hispanic community, on Feb. 16.

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  • National

Misinformation And Mistrust Among The Obstacles Latinos Face In Getting Vaccinated

Vaccination programs work best when as many people as possible get vaccinated, but Latinos are getting inoculated at lower rates. A group that helps immigrant workers is working to change that.

March 07, 2021
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By:
  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro
A man wears a mask as the territory of Nunavut enters a two week mandatory restriction period in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, on Wednesday. More than 80 COVID-19 cases have been identified this month in Nunavut, where around 39,000 people, predominantly Inuit, live in communities scattered across the territory.

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  • World

Arctic Lockdown: COVID-19 Climbs In Canada's Far North

A large and isolated region of northeastern Canada entered a two-week lockdown as coronavirus cases creep up in areas, including largely Indigenous communities, with limited access to intensive care.

November 20, 2020
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By:
  • Emma Jacobs

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