Native leaders press for more action to address crisis of missing, murdered Indigenous people
As Utah lawmakers weigh legislation to maintain the task force investigating the disproportionately high number of missing ...
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Bureau of Indian Affairs announces new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples initiative
Operation Spirit Return will fall under the BIA’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Unit. A similar program was ...
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LLM Notes: Human Rights of Indigenous People in India: Legal Framework and Implementation Gaps
Indigenous Peoples in India, also known as Adivasis or Scheduled Tribes, have specific rights recognized under international law and the Indian Constitution. However, the implementation of these ...
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Bureau of Indian Affairs launches initiative aimed at solving cases of unidentified Indigenous people
The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Operation Spirit Return Thursday morning. Part of the BIA's Missing and Murdered Unit, ...
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'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior and others— are undergoing layoffs. The ...
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Tribes support bill to change Indigenous Peoples Day date in Nevada
A proposed Nevada Assembly bill would move the state’s Indigenous Peoples Day to the second Monday in October, despite some ...
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A new Dartmouth study examines how to include Indigenous data in environmental research
The study examines how scientists can better acknowledge, credit and utilize environmental data collected by Indigenous ...
Oscar-nominated documentary exposes horrifying truths about Indian residential schools
The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for “Sugarcane." ...
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New bill would utilize OHA for responding to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases
An effort to improve response to reports of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) in Oregon is underway in the state ...