Native Americans fear votes in remote tribal lands could go uncounted
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Colleen Benally, who lives on the Navajo Nation reservation in the American south-west, spends a lot of time in her car. Her daily commute takes three hours, and it’s a 245 kilometre drive to collect mail from the nearest post office. “It’s just normal for us that we don’t […]
Essay: The complicated legacy of the Pilgrims is finally coming to light 400 years after they landed in Plymouth
In an article first published on The Conversation, US academic PETER C MANCALL looks at why the Pilgrim’s voyage to Plymouth has such a prominent place in the story of America…
Wow!: ‘From Ireland with love’ – coronavirus-hit Native Americans repaid for famine aid
AMBER MILNE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, in a relationship forged more than 170 years ago, the Irish are helping out the Navajo in the US during the coronavirus pandemic…
As US states ease coronavirus lockdowns, remote towns stay shut
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Tucked up against the Canadian border in northwest Montana, the Blackfeet Reservation shut itself off in March as first word of the novel coronavirus spread, prohibiting visitors and implementing curfews. And while Montana, like half the US states, is gradually reopening businesses, the Blackfeet’s tribal council toughened their protective […]
ESSAY: WHY GOD CONTINUES TO HAVE A PLACE AT THE THANKSGIVING TABLE
As the US marks Thanksgiving this week, CLEMENTE LISI, a senior editor Religion Unplugged who teaches journalism at The King’s College in New York City, takes a look at its history – and its links with faith…
US launches anti-violence effort for Indigenous women, girls
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation US President Donald Trump launched a task force on Tuesday to help protect Native American women and children, calling the rate of violence among Indigenous people “heartbreaking.” The task force aims to improve coordination and communication among federal, state and tribal authorities in response to cases of missing and […]
Native American woman hopes to make history with first US Congress seat
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation Giving a Native American tribe a seat in Congress would “send a huge message” to the world, the woman poised to make history as the first delegate to formally represent an Indigenous community in the US House of Representatives has said. The right of the Cherokee Nation, home of the […]
Historic US island return to native tribe “path forward” for other land transfers
Washington, DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation A Californian city was expected to return a historic island to its former Native American owners on Monday, more than 150 years after the tribe was decimated, in a move which Indigenous groups said could inspire other land transfers across the country. The voluntary transfer of the 113 hectare Duluwat […]
Empty dresses spotlight North American violence “epidemic” against native women
Washington, DCThomson Reuters Foundation Dozens of empty red dresses sway in the wind at the foot of Capitol Hill, reminding passersby of the thousands of native women recorded murdered or missing in the United States and Canada in recent decades. An art installation launched this month at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, […]
In first, Native American tribe displaced by sea gets land to relocate
Thomson Reuters Foundation A small Native American tribe in Louisiana whose land has nearly vanished into the sea has moved a step closer to relocating its community further inland after authorities acquired new land for the move, part of a first-of-its-kind project. The 208 hectares of farmland will be made available to members of the […]