Indigenous Rights & Tribal Sovereignty

IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs - is a global human rights organisation dedicated to promoting, protecting and defending Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Since 1968, IWGIA has cooperated with Indigenous Peoples' organisations and international institutions to promote recognition and implementatio

The International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (ILPDC) is the hub of communication between Leonard Peltier and his program coordinators, the general public, government officials, political and tribal leaders, the media, and his supporters worldwide. We are in daily contact with Leonard who is currently imprisoned at USP Coleman, Florida.

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which the United Nations adopted in 2007, addresses both individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples and their relationship to land and natural resources.

The I-Collective stands for four principles: Indigenous, Inspired, Innovative, and Independent. Indigenous food sovereignty is critical because many health issues are tied to colonialism and the exploitation of resources and people.

“My young men are to lay aside their weapons; they are to take up the work of women; they will plow the field and raise the crops; for them I see a future, but my women, they to whom we owe everything, what is there for them to do? I see nothing! You are a woman; have pity on my women when everything is taken from them.”

The 22 indigenous communities in Arizona have more diversity of cultures than anywhere in the United States. Discover the ways you can experience these tribal lands.

The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) at the APS Library & Museum works with Indigenous communities throughout the Americas and with campus- and community-based scholars in many disciplines and traditions. Its goal is to assist people in finding and utilizing the extensive archival collections at the Library and Museum of the APS in innovative ways that honor Indigenous knowledge, cultivate scholarship, and strengthen languages and cultural traditions.

Arizona Indian Gaming Association advocates, educates, partners and promotes Tribal Gaming to benefit Tribes and all of Arizona.

November is Native American Heritage Month, which is a time to celebrate the diverse cultures of the indigenous peoples on the United States and for all of us to learn more about these cultures. As…

National Native American and American Indian Heritage Month (NAHM) is recognized every November as a month to acknowledge and celebrate Native American history, heritage, and culture. The journey to a month of recognition for Native Americans began over a century ago . This post provides a brief o

In 2017 Ithaka S+R launched a project to explore the changing research methods and practices of Indigenous Studies scholars across Canada and the US with the goal of identifying services to better support them in ways that are also beneficial to Indigenous communities more broadly. The project was undertaken by a cohort of research teams at 11 academic libraries with guidance from a group of advisors comprised of Indigenous scholars and librarians. Each research team in the cohort developed findings and next steps based on their local research engaging with Indigenous Studies scholars at their own institutions (listed in Appendix 1). Ithaka S+R has the deepest gratitude to the researchers, research participants, and advisors for contributing their time and insight to the Indigenous Studies project.

DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for four women who were temporarily banned from the Ute Indian Tribe’s reservation in Utah asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to revive a lawsuit challenging their punishment...

The project will begin in the first quarter of 2021 and is expected to last ten months.

A new law that transfers coastal property from the State of California to Native Americans will be a historic first. Mendocino tribes could take…

The Passamaquoddy’s purchase of Pine Island for $355,000 is the latest in a series of successful ‘land back’ campaigns for indigenous people in the US

Amber Ortega, a Southern Arizona border activist facing two federal charges for protesting the construction of the border wall near Quitobaquito Springs, was found not guilty by a judge on Wednesday.

A Minnesota agency has appealed a federal judge's dismissal of its bid to end a case pitting it against a Native American tribe that sued, in tribal court, over a permit the agency granted Enbridge for its Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, a Monday filing in federal appeals court showed.

Jessica Reznicek, who pleaded guilty to sabotaging the Dakota Access Pipeline, said at a sentencing hearing that she's turned her life around.

A North Dakota-based organization this week sued Colorado for banning American Indian school mascots earlier this year, arguing the state shouldn’t outlaw culturally sensitive uses of Native …

Here are the materials in Ute Indian Tribe v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.): 57 Second Amended Complaint 67 State Motion to Dismiss 68 US Motion to Dismiss 69 US Motion to Transfer 70-1 Water Dist…

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday rescinded a 19th century proclamation that called for citizens to kill Native Americans and take their property, in what he hopes can begin to make amends for “sins of the past.”

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to enhance the operation of the criminal justice system and address the legitimate concerns of American Indian and Alaska Native communities regarding missing and murdered people—particularly missing and murdered indigenous women and girls— it is hereby ordered as follows...

Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women & Girls Task Force (#MMIWG): Governor Official Signing To

A post highlighting items from Congressional Cemetery celebrating Native American heritage

Introduced by Representatives Jermaine: Andrade, Biasiucci, Blackman, Blanc, Bolding, Bowers, Butler, Campbell, Cano, Chávez, DeGrazia, Engel, Epstein, Espinoza, Fernandez, Fillmore, Friese, Gabaldón, Hernandez A, Lieberman, Longdon, Meza, Pawlik, Peten, Powers Hannley, Rodriguez, Salman, Shah, Sierra, Teller, Terán, Tsosie, Weninger, Senators Alston, Bowie, Gonzales, Mendez, Navarrete, Otondo, Peshlakai, Steele

Here are the updated materials in Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education (D. Ariz.): 128 Third Amended Complaint 182 BIE Motion for Partial Summary J 184 Plaintiffs Motion for Partial Summary J 1…

Tribes and Native voter organizations successfully argued that a new Montana law that restricted ballot collection made it prohibitively difficult for Native voters.

The Department of the Interior hosted the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit. Over two days, the Summit provided an opportunity for Biden-Harris administration and Tribal leaders from federally recognized Tribes to meaningfully engage about ways the federal government can invest in and strengthen Native communities, as well as ensure that progress in Indian Country endures for years to come.

The Department of the Interior hosted the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit. Over two days, the Summit provided an opportunity for Biden-Harris administration and Tribal leaders from federally recognized Tribes to meaningfully engage about ways the federal government can invest in and strengthen Native communities, as well as ensure that progress in Indian Country endures for years to come.

Accomplishing NAGPRA : perspectives on the intent, impact, and future of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act-book