indigenous communities

Founded by brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas, Redbone scored a Top 5 hit in 1974 with "Come and Get Your Love," launching their Indigenous style and influences into the pop conversation.

50 years ago, 'Come and Get Your Love' put Native culture on the bandstand

5:03am April 16, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.

A young bison calf with its herd at Bull Hollow, Okla., on Sept. 27, 2022. American bison, or buffalo, have bounced back from their near extinction due to commercial hunting in the 1800s. Many tribes are participating in their restoration.

With bison herds and ancestral seeds, Indigenous communities embrace food sovereignty

7:00am December 09, 2023

by Jim Robbins

Native Americans are returning to raising buffalo and plants that tribes have grown for millennia. It's a way to reconnect with historic traditions, and to bring healthy eating to their communities.

Apolonia Plácido in the backyard of the CAMI Nellys Palomo. She is a Mixteco leader from the Mountain of Guerrero, president and one of the founders of the CAMI San Luis Acatlán.

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These Indigenous Mexican women are reclaiming their power through ancestral practices

2:58pm October 15, 2023

Photographer Tania Barrientos shares the stories of midwives and leaders at Indigenous women's centers called CAMIs in Costa Chica de Guerrero, a coastal region in southwest México.

A provocative exhibit at NYC's Met Museum takes a new point of view

6:27pm July 04, 2022

by Jennifer Vanasco

The exhibit explores how Native Americans have used water. But it also points out how political water is.

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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.

Opinion: A violent tragedy foretold in the Amazon

6:44pm June 17, 2022

by Robert Muggah

Two of the Amazon rainforest's staunchest advocates, Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, are believed to have been killed in one of its remotest corners.

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

7:03am February 18, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

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.

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

10:20am October 19, 2021

by Scott Neuman

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.

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

10:04am October 10, 2021

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.

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 g

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

5:38pm October 05, 2021

by Emma Jacobs

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

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

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

12:21pm August 13, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

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."