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Following the example set by tribes, some local municipalities are adopting “rights of nature” laws. In response, Republican state legislatures are banning them.
The concept of granting natural entities legal rights is relatively new in American government, but countries around the world have enshrined legal rights for nature into their constitutions.
Another Cherokee Holiday in the books. I got out and about a lot less with my illness these past couple years and it was sooo good to see folks and catch up.
The International Association Genocide Scholars–representing the world’s leading experts on genocide–voted by 86% that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide.
International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution backed by 86% of members who voted
Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress, is leading in polls on who should be Alaska’s next governor. People are also floating a possible Peltola Senate run. She hasn’t made any announcements. 19thnews.org/2025/08/mary...
Peltola, a Democrat who made history with her 2022 election to the U.S. House, is widely seen as a top Democratic recruit for Alaska’s open governor’s race in 2026.
Just heard Graham Greene passed away. The First Nations actor was known for his roles in Dances with Wolves and the Green Mile. My favorite was his character on the last season of Reservation Dogs. ictnews.org/news/obituar...
Greene was nominated for an Oscar for his role in ‘Dances with Wolves’ and won a Grammy for a spoken book
This U.S. Fort in Florida held Seminole, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche, Caddo and Apache families as prisoners of war. Many of the prisoners died. Now signage commemorating that history has been “marked for review” by the Trump administration.
Federal government places signage relating to Native imprisonment at Castillo de San Marcos in Florida under review and subject to removal following Trump executive order
(2/2) Find protests near you or organize an action: uscpr.org/pro-palestin... Email Congress: www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action Donate to aid organizations in Gaza: uwc.211ct.org/how-to-help-...
Israel has brutally massacred the Palestinian people for 75+ years. Find a pro-Palestine protest and take action to stop the Gaza genocide.
(1/2) Here are some actions you can take to support Palestinians in Gaza. If you have other resources, share them in the comments! Join the weekly economic strike for Palestine—don’t buy anything on Thursdays. More here: www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
Starting today, and continuing every Thursday thereafter, the Humanti Project is calling on individuals, groups and organisations to take part in a global economic strike for Gaza
In its new sandal design, @ Adidas stole the pattern from Indigenous artisans in Mexico.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that Adidas was already in talks with authorities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca to provide “compensation for the people who were…
A Gen Z candidate in Illinois could be the first Afro-Indigenous person elected to Congress. Anthony Tamez is Key First Nation Oji-Cree/Saulteaux and Sicangu Lakota and is running for Illinois’s Fifth Congressional District.
Anthony Tamez is running for the Illinois Fifth Congressional District. If elected, he’d be the first Gen Z Afro-Indigenous member of Congress