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Fedex Field, home of the Washington's NFL team in Landover, Maryland, is seen from Air Force One,  2013.

Washington NFL team retires racial slur from its name and logo

Sports

It’s a demand that Indigenous activists have been demanding for years. But it may be too early to call it a victory. “…Until we actually see what that replacement is, I think it’s probably too early to celebrate,” said Tristan Ahtone, president of the Native American Journalists Association. “The team still could come back with native-themed imagery.”

A muddy river runs through a green landscape. On one side are trees and a dense forest; the other is bare.

‘Our wealth is the forest’: Indigenous tribes are the last best hope for the Amazon

The Amazon's carbon tipping point
X-ray conveyor belt with luggage.

She was arrested for carrying a suitcase lined with cocaine into Canada. Her court case changed the law.

Justice
A grizzly feeds on dead salmon at the end of their spawning run in a river in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. Hunting grizzlies was banned throughout the vast region late last year.

British Columbia has a flourishing grizzly bear tourism industry

Environment
Shannon Rivers protested President Donald Trump at a campaign-style rally in Phoenix on Tuesday.

‘This is our land’: Indigenous rights activists respond to white supremacist rhetoric

Justice
María de Jesús Patricio, center, during her campaign launch for president of Mexico

Mexico has its first indigenous woman candidate for president

Global Politics

María de Jesús Patricio is a traditional Nahua healer from southern Jalisco. Gender and heritage aren’t the only aspects that set her apart.

Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline block a road near North Dakota's Standing Rock Reservation in October. The pipeline would cross historic Native land and pass under the Missouri River, the source of the local water supply.

It’s not just about a pipeline. Native activists say Dakota battle is their biggest stand in decades.

Environment

Clashes over an oil pipeline slated to cross historic Native territory in North Dakota continue after more the 140 people were arrested in protests last week. The increasingly high-stakes face-off is one of the biggest actions by Native Americans in years.

Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Sioux Nation, leads his people to peacefully pray near a law enforcement barricade just outside of a Dakota Access pipeline construction site north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Oct. 29, 2016.

#NoDAPL has momentum, but will it drive Native Americans to vote?

Conflict

Sacred-site preservation and civic engagement are not the same.

Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation

Education and funding are critical issues facing native communities in the US

Education

On an Indian reservation in Nebraska, state and federal politics interfere with the effort to simply educate the kids.

Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline

Protesters say mass arrests won’t stop their fight against a North Dakota oil pipeline

Justice

“One thing that I repeatedly heard,” says Jenni Monet, a journalist on the scene, “is that this fight is not over.”