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What the Four Corners Report Revealed About Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people and mentions domestic violence and
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This NASA Astronaut Will Become the First Native American Woman in Space
This NASA Astronaut Will Become the First Native American Woman in Space NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann, set to be the first Native American woman in
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Don’t Mess With The Girls of Pang: Teen Horror ‘Slash/Back’ is a Total Crowd Pleaser
Nyla Innuksuk grew up watching films like E.T. and The Goonies. “I probably watched those movies hundreds of times,” the Inuk filmmaker tells me.
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Here’s What You Should Know About Red Dress Day
Every year at the start of May, red dresses can be seen hanging from trees, statues and front doors across Canada. These hollow vermilion silhouettes
Witnesses tell senate human rights committee about forced sterilization at hearing
The Senate’s human rights committee continued its hearings Tuesday on the “forced and Coerced Sterilization of Persons in Canada.” “There
‘Dene K’éh Didī Nī́ʼ Sū́géhʼīn Mā’: Indigenous women are blazing a conservation trail
Natasha Bulowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter There is a saying in the Kaska language: “Dene K’éh Didī Nī́ʼ Sū́géhʼīn
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Indigenous women make up nearly 50% of prison population: Report
Two Saulteaux sisters serving life for murder are two of the record number of Indigenous women in this country’s prisons. They are part of a new
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Recognizing The Indigenous Crisis This Thanksgiving
This week President Joe Biden signed an order to address the ‘crisis of violence’ against Native Americans. The order directs federal agencies,
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New Documentary Covers Unsolved Cases of Murdered Indigenous Women
Murder is the third leading cause of death among indigenous women — with a murder rate more than ten times the national average, according to
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Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs Win $850,000 Google Impact Grant
From left: Marlene Doney, Business Division chair at Blackfeet Community College; Morgan Slemberger, director of UM’s Women’s Entrepreneurship
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Stolen Sisters
Clothed in the power of European masculinity and authority, Amerigo Vespucci stands on the shore facing a reclining Indigenous woman. In one hand he
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Indigenous women among alleged victims of accused sexual predator Peter Nygard
Two Indigenous women from Canada are part of a proposed class-action lawsuit against disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard. Court documents filed in
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Homelessness in Guatemala
In Guatemala, over 50% of the population live below the poverty line. Families of four or more live in small one or two-room huts if they have
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“Getting My Arms Around the Thousands of Pieces”: Jessica O’Dwyer on Her New Novel and the Complexities of Adoption
We’d just said goodnight to a newly expecting friend when we got the email. Our friend was excited and nervous about becoming a dad. He wondered
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Congress Finally Passed a Law to Address the Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in America
On Monday, the House of Representatives finally passed a bill called “Savanna’s Act”, a measure that will require the Justice Department to