Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the 1940s are being returned to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island ~humanities.history Article 518 words 8 votes
Norway's parliament has apologised to minority groups and Indigenous people for historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy ~society politics Article 520 words 14 votes
Navajo code talker who helped allies win Second World War dies aged 107 ~humanities.history Article 539 words 30 votes
Investigating the most extreme ancient village in the United States ~humanities.history Video 23:22, published Aug 3 2024 9 votes
Native American tribes celebrate the end of the largest dam removal project in US history ~enviro water Article 1147 words 16 votes
National Museum of Denmark is handing over an iconic cloak belonging to an indigenous group in Brazil at a ceremony being attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ~humanities.history Article 338 words 14 votes
The new Māori Queen: Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, 27, to succeed her father Kiingi Tuheitia as Māori monarch ~news new zealand politics Article 655 words 22 votes
Native American author Tommy Orange selected as the next Future Library writer – will pen a manuscript that won't be published until 2114 ~books libraries Article 654 words 13 votes
Set in an otherworldly landscape surrounded by glaciers, forests and lakes – how the Arctic town of Bodø became Europe's Capital of Culture ~travel Article 1573 words 4 votes
12,000-year-old Aboriginal sticks may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world ~humanities.history Article 759 words 16 votes
A family who profited from pretending to be indigenous gets exposed in Canada ~life family Link 15 votes
Sámi artist Tomas Colbengtson is the latest recipient of The Queen Sonja Print Award, the world's most important prize for printmaking ~arts art Article 582 words 4 votes
Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this. ~life Article 838 words 18 votes
Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with state of Arizona. It now goes to US Congress. ~enviro Article 1027 words 17 votes
The Sámi museum Siida in Finland was awarded the top prize at this year's European Museum of the Year Awards ~humanities.history Article 467 words 9 votes
First Nations woman one of seven global winners of prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism ~enviro Article 882 words 9 votes
US state North Carolina medical marijuana sales begin at Cherokee nation store ~health medicine Article 499 words 12 votes
Illinois now home to federally recognized tribal nation after landmark decision from Department of Interior ~society politics Article 243 words 17 votes
Inuuteq Storch – who is the first Kaalaleq/Inuit artist to have a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale – aims to capture ‘the Greenlandic everyday’ ~arts photography Article 754 words 9 votes
Rio Grande Valley organizations suing Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to protect sacred tribal land from Elon Musk's SpaceX ~space Article 523 words 16 votes
Norwegian court finds police acted unreasonably in fining activists who blocked government buildings ~enviro energy.renewable Article 451 words 15 votes
Reindeer skins and sonic looms – Borealis music festival dives into Sámi culture in the Norwegian city of Bergen ~music experimental Article 1640 words 7 votes
The lone prospectors keeping the legacy of the gold rush alive ~hobbies Article 3398 words, published May 1 2019 12 votes
Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492 ~enviro Link 9 votes
Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous ~design urban planning Article 1548 words 49 votes
Northern Sámi, a language spoken in the Arctic, has more than 300 words for snow and a special word for "frightened reindeer" – can it survive in a warmer world? ~humanities.languages Article 19 votes
Norway and the Sámi people end a dispute over Europe's largest onshore wind farm – deal includes a future-oriented solution that safeguards reindeer farming rights ~enviro energy.renewable Article 961 words 14 votes
Rivers reborn: Alewives continue to make a recovery in the Penobscot watershed in Maine ~enviro Article 1338 words 13 votes
A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 70s ~health healthcare Article 398 words 29 votes
A professor claimed to be Native American. Did she know she wasn’t? ~life Article 6796 words, published Feb 26 2024 25 votes
The endangered languages of New York ~humanities.languages Article 1638 words, published Feb 22 2024 16 votes
How the UN is holding back the Sahara desert ~enviro water.ground Video 11:57, published Feb 18 2024 8 votes
A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here’s how investigators unraveled the incredible scam. ~arts Article 4571 words 6 votes
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will construct one of the largest solar farms in the US and cost over $1 billion ~enviro energy.renewable Article 344 words 18 votes
Helping bison find their way home to tribal lands ~enviro Article 1546 words, published Jan 29 2024 10 votes
Sámi rights activists in Norway charged over protests against wind farm affecting reindeer herding ~enviro energy.renewable Article 370 words 13 votes
The tragic story of this famous meteorite and the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him ~humanities.history Video 12:44 14 votes
$100M will be left for Native Hawaiian causes from the estate of an heiress considered last princess ~lgbt Article 878 words 12 votes
US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover ~enviro conservation Article 1129 words 12 votes
In northern Ontario, a dozen First Nations have been left struggling. A court’s attempt to enforce treaty promises could see them getting up to C$126bn. ~news canada.on Article 2222 words 12 votes
It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw. ~health Article 2655 words 23 votes