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‘We will not survive’: jailing of Daria Egereva highlights plight of Russia’s Indigenous people (www.theguardian.com)

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Katzie First Nation guardians and partners celebrate restoration of important ‘B.C.’ marsh (indiginews.com)

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Advocates along Highway of Tears say ‘system is designed to fail’, speak out over funding of national MMIWG2S organizations (www.aptnnews.ca)

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UN advice raises pressure on Liberals to end Indian Act status cut-off (www.aptnnews.ca)

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Breaking: Record payout after billionaire built mine without traditional owners' permission (www.abc.net.au)

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/60026292

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New voices to shape Victoria’s Treaty future as First Peoples' Assembly election results are announced (nit.com.au)

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Central desert rangers join forces to protect threatened Tjakuṟa (nit.com.au)

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In ‘Summerland,’ syilx interpretive signs unveiled on ackɬt’pus (indiginews.com)

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Elder and knowledge keeper shares oral stories on the popular trails of mountain known as ‘Giant’s Head’

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Indigenous leaders in B.C. speak out on plan to suspend parts of Indigenous rights law (www.aptnnews.ca)

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Aboriginal elder's mission to get stolen artefact back after 70 years (www.abc.net.au)

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An Aboriginal breastplate given to Jack Kapeen in 1865 disappeared from a Lismore museum about 100 years later, only to be sold at auction in 2011.

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Aboriginal child moved 1,700km from remote NT community should be returned, family court rules (www.theguardian.com)

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/58259328

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'Strength in working with blackfellas': Zoe Walters is leading the next generation (nit.com.au)

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This Northern California Tribe Is Reclaiming Mendocino Forest for Future Generations (ww2.kqed.org)

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First Nations chiefs demand apology after PM said he could 'outlast' demonstrator (cheknews.ca)

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How woodland strap dress dancers are reviving a tradition on the powwow circuit (indiginews.com)

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Yerrabi Yurwang Health Hub closing due to lack of funding, leaving First Nations patients in Canberra in the lurch (www.abc.net.au)

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B.C. premier faces pressure over proposed changes to DRIPA (www.cbc.ca)

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First Nations on Vancouver Island to manage 52,000 hectares of Clayoquot Sound forest (www.cbc.ca)

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Winnipeg mother of bullying victim comes forward following her daughter's death (www.aptnnews.ca)

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Tla'amin set to reclaim forest stewardship with $80M logging licence deal: 'A generational opportunity' (indiginews.com)

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Closing the Gap: Suicide, incarceration and child development targets go backwards; land and economic participation show progress (nit.com.au)

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Alternate security teams pop up in Mohawk community of Kanehsatà:ke (www.aptnnews.ca)

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Council says these teams are linked to casinos and pot shops.

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In ‘Gatineau,’ Indigenous leaders celebrate belongings returned from the Vatican: ‘We welcome them home’ (indiginews.com)

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Wounded wombs: Indigenous women who were involuntarily sterilized still grieving their losses (www.winnipegfreepress.com)

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Gulf Country community in 'crisis' despite millions in funding (www.abc.net.au)

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A wave of youth suicides lays bare a North Queensland community in crisis, with residents saying years of government investment have failed to create jobs, stability or hope.