North Dakota tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation A Native American tribe in North Dakota is planning a sprawling greenhouse complex on its reservation The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2024
Capitol Lens | Folk it up - Roll Call Army veteran Lori Archiquette and members of Native American Women Warriors participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on Monday. Roll Call · Jul 2, 2024
Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse scraps US filming plans after outcry from Native American groups Hit show’s British host Graham Hancock has been criticized for promoting fringe beliefs about advanced lost civilization The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2024
Fancy Dance review – Lily Gladstone is sublime in moving Native American family drama Erica Tremblay’s debut feature boasts another remarkable performance from the Killers of the Flower Moon star as a tough outsider on a road trip with her teenage niece The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024
Mystery grows after rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans has not been seen for weeks after birth Whether the calf – named Wakan Gli, which means “Return Sacred” in Lakota – is still alive is unknown The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024
Brats, dragons and supermodels – what to see and listen to this week In 2022, it was estimated that more than 4,200 cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women remained unsolved in the US. To make a film that explores this injustice with dignity and authenticity is no mean feat. To make a film that does so, and still has the joy of… The Conversation · Jun 28, 2024
Fancy Dance on Apple TV+ review: Lily Gladstone proves she doesn't need Scorsese to shine Gladstone and young co-star Isabel Deroy-Olson are superb as a Native American aunt and niece kicking against the system in new Apple TV+ drama Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024
Fancy Dance film review: heartbreaking but beautiful tale draws attention to the struggles of reservation life Fancy Dance is a powerful, disquieting film. Written, directed and acted by Native Americans, it gives an unflinching view of life on the rez (reservation). Writer and director, Erica Tremblay (of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation) does not shy away from showing the darker side of things, including the frequent murder of… The Conversation · Jun 26, 2024
Fancy Dance review – Lily Gladstone shines in knotty Native American family drama Film-maker Erica Tremblay tells a thoughtful tale about a woman’s battle to care for her niece against backdrop of the authorities’ ambivalence towards Native American peoples The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024
Native American ceremony will celebrate birth of white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park Ceremonies and celebrations are planned near the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park to mark the recent birth of a white buffalo calf in the park, a spiritually significant event for many Native American tribes The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024
Bad Press review – Native American journalists’ thrilling battle for free speech This documentary’s plunge into the fight to regain editorial independence for Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation is a murky, twisty tale The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024
TV tonight: the Native American tribe battling for freedom of the press A Muscogee media group fights attempts to censor it in the run-up to an election. Plus: The Great British Sewing Bee. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024
‘We’re really funny people’: Native American director Erica Tremblay on Lily Gladstone, laughter for survival and breaking Hollywood The film-maker talks about her friendship with her debut feature’s star, and why the industry has woken up to her culture’s storytelling The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
Killers of the Flower Moon’s Lily Gladstone: ‘Awards are just heavy little statues, and I’ve got plenty of ’em’ The actor, whose performance in Martin Scorsese’s Osage epic led her to become the most critically lauded Native American actor in Hollywood history, is now leading a mystery thriller for Apple TV+. Alongside her young co-star Isabel DeRoy-Olson, she speaks to Adam White about gender identity, onscreen violence, and why… The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2024
Cycling Weekly · Jun 20, 2024 Cycling gains momentum among largest Native American tribe but bikes are scarce — here's how you can help Sportful releases limited edition run of artist jerseys to raise funds to get native youth on bikes
The Guardian - US · Jun 19, 2024 US admits dams in Pacific north-west have devastated Native Americans US says dams killed off salmon, inundated villages and burial grounds, and spirited wealth away from tribes
The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024 US government, for the 1st time, details how Northwest dams devastated the region’s Native tribes The U.S. government has acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes
The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024 Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains A federal judge has ruled that BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state
The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024 Prestigious Dulwich prep school drops Native American house names after cultural appropriation complaints The houses have been renamed after mythical creatures
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024 Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations A report published by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of Indigenous homelands in Colorado, quantifies the value of the land and resources taken and outlines the state education system’s omission of that history in its curriculum
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024 Ruing past boarding-school abuses, US Catholic bishops consider new outreach to Native Americans U.S. Catholic Bishops convening for a two-day meeting are considering a new, multifaceted program of outreach to Native American Catholics
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024 Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force
Top News · Jun 13, 2024 Phoenix Police Department Faces Allegations Of Civil Rights Violations U.S. Justice Department report uncovers civil rights violations and excessive force by Phoenix Police Department, highlighting systemic issues and the need...
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024 Native American tribe is on a preservation mission as it celebrates trust status for ancestral lands A Native American community in the heart of New Mexico has officially doubled in size as more than 93 square miles of ancestral land was taken into trust by the U.S. government for Santa Ana Pueblo
The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024 Magic mushrooms helped a Navajo woman deal with trauma. Now she wants to help others Marlena Robbins believes psilocybin could help treat mental health and addiction issues among Native Americans