Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with state of Arizona. It now goes to US Congress. ~enviro Article 1027 words 17 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
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
Sámi rights activists in Norway charged over protests against wind farm affecting reindeer herding ~enviro energy.renewable Article 370 words 13 votes
Indigenous Sámi activist set up camp outside the Norwegian parliament to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by reindeer herders ~enviro energy.renewable Article 497 words 16 votes
With no dedicated government minister or national representation, the Sámi go to the polls in a vote to elect twenty-one members of the Sámi Parliament in Inari, Finland ~society politics Article 827 words 12 votes
US Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation, stating that United States has no "duty" to "supply tribes with adequate water" ~news usa law.constitutional Article 562 words 73 votes
Australian Commonwealth government lodges High Court challenge to landmark native title compensation claim over Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory ~news australia.nt.gove peninsula Article 684 words 6 votes
US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law ~life family Article 94 words 23 votes
Respect existence or expect resistance – protests in Norway against wind farm on Sámi land ~enviro energy.renewable Article 484 words 3 votes
Europe's indigenous Sámi people have taken their fight for improved rights to the United Nations ~society politics Article 730 words 8 votes
Activists block Norway's energy ministry, protesting against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by the Sámi indigenous people ~enviro energy.renewable Article 241 words 4 votes
Sanna Marin's human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi fails – Sámi Parliament Act failed to get past the final committee stage in Finnish parliament ~society politics Article 952 words 3 votes
In Sweden reindeer herders say their animals are being affected by wind farms and other industry ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1415 words 4 votes
Greta Thunberg Foundation has donated £158,000 to cover legal costs of indigenous people in Sweden's Arctic as they battle a British mining company ~enviro Article 764 words 6 votes
Sanna Marin's Finnish government could collapse, as human rights laws stalled – new Sámi Parliament Act is the right of self-determination ~society politics Article 1666 words 6 votes
Indigenous reindeer herders fear the drive towards a more sustainable economy is destroying their traditional way of life and identity in Sweden ~life Article 1582 words 11 votes
United Nations committee finds Finland violated an international convention on racial discrimination when it comes to the political rights of Sámi ~society politics Link 5 votes
UN experts call for Sweden to scrap a planned iron ore mine – toxic waste and other contaminants would cause 'irreversible risks' to land used by the Sámi ~enviro pollution Article 514 words, published Nov 7 2017 2 votes
Norway's supreme court stripped two wind farms of their operating licences in a case that could boost the legal rights of the country's indigenous Sámi people ~enviro energy.renewable Article 404 words 7 votes
How returning lands to native tribes is helping protect nature ~enviro conservation Article 2847 words 6 votes
Sámi reindeer herders file lawsuit against Norway windfarm – indigenous communities say planned Øyfjellet turbines will interfere with migration paths ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1069 words 8 votes
US Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation ~news usa.ok Article 502 words 33 votes
Sámi herders won back exclusive rights to hunting and fishing in their area of the Arctic – but that has led to heightened tensions between them and local Swedes ~life Article 63 words 4 votes
Sweden has been criticized by the UN for failings when it comes to the rights of the indigenous Sámi people ~life Link 9 votes
Supreme Court has granted Sámi in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on its land – and not the Swedish state ~life Link 8 votes
California city returns island taken from native tribe in 1860 massacre ~news usa.ca Article 565 words 10 votes
"March to Protect The Sacred" against tar sands pipeline in Clearbrook, MN ~enviro energy Article 556 words 5 votes
How the women of Standing Rock are building sovereign economies ~enviro climate change sustainability Article 1610 words 7 votes
Biodiversity is the highest on Indigenous-managed lands ~enviro conservation Article 510 words 7 votes
Rainforest on fire: On the front lines of Bolsonaro’s war on the Amazon, Brazil’s forest communities fight against climate catastrophe ~enviro climate change Article 6800 words 6 votes
US Supreme Court punts on one of the most important tribal land cases ever ~news usa politics Article 646 words 7 votes
Mills signs bill to make Maine the first state to ban Native American school mascots ~news usa.me politics Article 437 words 8 votes
How ‘pretendians’ undermine the rights of indigenous people ~life Article 994 words, published Apr 2 2019 5 votes
High Court of Australia awards Timber Creek native title holders $2.5m, partly for 'spiritual harm' ~news australia Article 732 words 4 votes
'We are fighting': Brazil's indigenous groups unite to protect their land ~news Article 1734 words 12 votes
Inside the resistance movement opposing Daniel Ortega's Trans-Nicaragua Canal ~life Article 5469 words, published Feb 12 2019 6 votes
Brazil's Pataxo depended on a river that's now polluted with mud ~enviro pollution.water Article 1703 words 7 votes
Rainwater harvesting eases daily struggle in Argentina’s Chaco region ~enviro water Article 1415 words 2 votes