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Indigenous groups in Bolivia have asked to halt Colombia's plan to recover expensive remains from a shipwreck. The 18th-century galleon is believed to be carrying gold, silver, and emeralds worth billions.

Yale University has issued a formal apology for the links its early leaders and benefactors had with slavery. Elihu Yale, the founder of the Ivy Leaugue university, is still under scrutiny. 

Suriname is a country in South America, known for its lush jungle. However, it is the only Latin American country that has yet to adopt a legal framework recognizing Indigenous people's collective rights. 

A series of interviews shows people living in remote Indigenous communities are just as happy, if not happier, than the average person in high-income Western countries.

N Scott Momaday was a Kiowa poet, educator, and folklorist whose writing connected and inspired audiences. He published more than a dozen books, but his debut novel "House Made of Dawn" is noted as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature.