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Manoomin - wild rice

"Rights of Nature" and wild rice lawsuit set new possibilities for bolstering treaty rights.

A recently filed lawsuit over the rights of manoomin, wild rice, offers a path for protecting treaty rights and indigenous resources. "Rights of nature" cases apply indigenous principles in the legal contexts of the courts of the conqueror.

Maria Tallchief studio portrait, W.E. Owen

Five Moons Dance Festival

Almost a century after five Native American ballerinas took the world by storm, the Five Moons Dance Festival celebrates their legacy.

Chiracahuas at Carlisle

Boarding School Healing Coalition Urges Mental Wellness Resources to Counter Intergenerational Trauma.

The National Native America Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) argues that more mental wellness support resources are necessary to support Native American communities dealing with trauma from dislocation, abuse, and violence at boarding schools in Canada and the US.

PEN Oakland

PEN Oakland announces the Winners of the 32nd Annual Josephine Miles Awards for Excellence.

Oakland, CA—Called by The New York Times, “The Blue

Collar PEN,” PEN Oakland announces the Winners of the

32nd Annual PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Awards. The

2021 PEN Oakland Award winners will be formally

recognized on Saturday, December 4, 2021

Richard Read/LA Times

Native Americans have higher vaccination rate than any other major ethnic group in the US.

Data collected by the CDC shows that Native Americans are 24% more likely to be fully vaccinated than white Americans.