RIO DE JANEIRO — It was dusk on April 14 when Francisco Kuruaya heard a boat approaching along the river near his village in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. He assumed it was the regular delivery boat bringing gasoline for generators and outboard motors to remote settlements like his. Instead, what Kuruaya found was a barge dredging his people's pristine river in search of gold.
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Cheryl Andrews-Maltais takes note of the heart-wrenching dates that remind Wampanoag families that they're still in the midst of the opioid drug crisis — birthdays of loved ones lost, anniversaries of their passing. Then she reaches out with a phone call to the grieving.
Dolly Parton and A Tribe Called Quest don't have much in common aside from a propensity for making great music. But now, the beloved country s…
The movie “Don’t Look Up,” released last month on Netflix, has become the talk on social media according to Buzz Feed. Starring Leonardo DiCap…
Bear management in Indian Country looks very different from the mainstream public lands approach. For one thing, there’s a strong spiritual component.
As the New Year dawns, we focus on looking forward. The past is written, and, although it will continue to be reinterpreted in our minds by se…
The ball drops in Times Square, fireworks light the night sky in large cities and small, the Rose Parade makes its way through the streets of …
I grew up near Waco, and have fond childhood memories of family picnics at Cameron Park. I was 10 years old when I first visited Lovers Leap, …
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians Tuesday, underscoring the Biden admi…
Waco Chief Acahquash is among 11 larger-than-life bronze statues featured in a new public art installation that remembers the history of a broken treaty signed by Sam Houston in 1843.
A recently relocated Waco resident and descendent of the Waco people will represent his tribe this weekend during the dedication of “Peace Cir…
A famous story from Texas history is supplementing the local ones contained in the History of West Museum as it’s hosting a touring exhibit on…
Winner of numerous 2020 literary honors, this novel is inspired by the author’s grandfather, who fought hard to help save his Chippewa tribe from government termination. “High drama, low comedy, ghost stories, mystical visions, family and tribal lore — wed to a surprising outbreak of enthusiasm for boxing matches,” wrote New York Times reviewer Luis Alberto Urrea. “We are grateful to be allowed into this world.”
The greatest love stories don’t always involve passionate romance, but rather, unwavering trust.
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com’s high school rankings after Week 4, distributed by The Associated Press.
President Trump's border wall construction has allegedly blasted sacred Native American burial sites
As the construction at the southern border continues, the Trump administration is being accused by lawmakers of destroying Native American bur…
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Gov. Kevin Stitt’s secretary of Native American Affairs resigned Monday, and she didn’t go quietly.
In a blow to the Texas Attorney General’s Office, a federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court’s October 2018 ruling that struck d…
In the initial media churn, they were nearly missed.
Local officials say education is the key to helping people live longer, healthier lives.
The designer is a 77-year-old Marine Corps veteran of Cheyenne and Arapaho heritage.
The federal indictments special counsel Robert Mueller handed down a few days ago confirmed that Russian agents did, indeed, use social media to interfere with the 2016 presidential election — and, even more than that, to sow political animosity, heighten divisions, and pit Americans against one another. Several workers at a Russian “troll farm” have now confirmed the thrust of the indictment.
It didn’t take James “Bunny” Ross long in Waco to recognize it as sacred ground.