Amnesty International to Morton County Sheriff: Investigate Use of Force Against Protectors at DAPL

Amnesty International USA
10/3/16
Editor’s note: On September 3, water protectors trying to stop the bulldozing of sacred sites to make way for the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Missouri and Cannonball rivers...

Dakota Access Pipeline: Standing Rock Sioux Issue Urgent Appeal to United Nations Human Rights Officials

ICTMN Staff
8/20/16
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the International Indian Treaty Council have appealed to the United Nations for help in their fight against construction of the Dakota Access oil ...

Judge Blocks ND Restrictive Voter-ID Law; A Burden to Native Voters

ICTMN Staff
8/2/16
American Indians voting in North Dakota for this year’s election will be able to cast their ballots simply by showing their tribal identification card because a federal judge on Mo...

Colombia Peace Accords Bring Ceasefire – for Now

Rick Kearns
7/7/16
Indigenous activists support Colombia’s recently signed ceasefire accord but they are also pushing for inclusion of indigenous territorial rights, prior consultation and other issu...

More Than 180 Groups Urge Trudeau to Curb Canadian Mining's Alleged Abuses in Latin America

Rick Kearns
6/3/16
As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earns accolades for his pledges to uphold indigenous rights on the home front, legal advocates in Latin America are urging him to extend t...

The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country, May 15, 2016

ICTMN Staff
5/16/16
A historic victory for treaty rights and salmon, a welcome declaration about a declaration, and the bison getting its due—that was just some of the good news that poured out of Ind...

Arrests in Cáceres Assassination Connected to Military, DESA Corporation

Rick Kearns
5/11/16
Three of the five men arrested last week in connection with the assassination of indigenous activist Berta Cáceres work for either the DESA Corporation, against whom Cáceres had pr...

132 Elem Pomo Indians, Comprising 100 Percent Of Elem Indian Colony Residents, Face Banishment And Disenrollment

ICTMN Staff
5/3/16
The following is a press release distributed by 30 disenrolled Elem Indian Colony tribal members...

Assassination of Cáceres Receives International Push for Honest Investigation

Rick Kearns
4/28/16
“Berta Cáceres Lives” was the theme of an international gathering in Honduras in April bringing together activists from around the world dedicated to an independent investigation o...

Missing and Murdered Women Scope Surpasses the 1,200 Estimated Victims: Government

ICTMN Staff
2/16/16
As preliminary meetings paving the way for a national inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women wrapped up in Canada, officials admitted that the problem surpasses the 1,2...

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