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The "Schitt's Creek" star talked to Newsweek about playing an outsider in town politics who's more concerned with society's safety of than his own.

Now is a pivotal moment to change the status quo and finally recognize the strength and value of traditional knowledge, sovereignty and culture.

So many Indigenous or American Indian people are viewed as disposable and invisible. These horrific scenarios are not random or a coincidence. They are an extension of gender-based colonial violence that was felt seven generations ago and is presently still alive and well across Indian Country.

After Connie Uhre claimed she would no longer allow Native American guests at her hotel, protests erupted around the city.

After a two-year delay, "The Minutes" is set to debut on Broadway, and actor-playwright Letts talked to Newsweek about how the play has changed with the times.

The American Rescue Plan Act was a lifesaver for the Cherokee Nation and our more than 400,000 Cherokee citizens.

Randy Watson is facing calls to resign after allegedly saying something racist toward Native Americans at a conference.

Muscogee citizens say they were not consulted about the statue of Chief Tomochichi, which depicts him as nearly naked and was called "incredibly inappropriate."

The goals and priorities of the Biden administration are goals and priorities Tribal Nations have been uplifting for centuries.

The Rutland, Vermont, school board voted to reinstate the name instead of taking the issue to the upcoming election.

New Mexico announced a new investigative unit because it has the highest number of missing persons and murder cases among Indigenous people in the country.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a federal panel would be tasked with removing derogatory terms from place names, starting with Indigenous slur "squaw."

The University of California Hastings College of the Law voted to change its name to distance itself from its founder's attacks against Indigenous people

The school district has since instructed its principals to inspect their campuses for any similar findings.

The Australian supermodel and beauty entrepreneur has been criticized for a comment about her ancestry in a tutorial filmed for Vogue.

Slogans such as "stolen children" and "house of murder" appeared on one church. It comes after mass graves were found at Catholic Church-run schools that housed Indigenous children.

"Not honoring Indigenous peoples on this day just continues to erase ... the fact that we were the first inhabitants of this country," said activist Les Begay.

Several states and cities have joined the movement to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day either instead of or in addition to Columbus Day.

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Federal agencies tasked with supporting Indigenous communities say they do not have the resources to extend much of their programming to Hawaii.

Gabby Petitio immediately became a household name. That isn't the case for all missing women and girls, especially missing women of color in large cities who become cold-case statistics.

Only 18 percent of Indigenous women who were reported missing received newspaper media coverage, a state report found.

On Wednesday, Suzy Kies, who served as the co-chair for the Indigenous People's Commission of the Liberal Party of Canada resigned from her position after questions arose from a 2019 book-burning project where Kies was involved.

The proclamations called on the U.S. Army and non-Native residents to "go in pursuit, kill, and destroy Indians on the plains" deemed hostile by the state.

In a statement, University of Auckland Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater made it clear that their views were not representative of the University of Auckland's.

The teen may not have understood the police's Spanish and English commands when officers in Salinas City, California shot and killed him.

A group of at least three protesters reportedly interrupted President Joe Biden's speech in Virginia on Friday by chanting "stop line three," a slogan used by indigenous activists protesting an oil pipeline expansion.

"We are in touch with the federal government and lobbyists to help educate them that the Indian mission system didn't start with Carlisle," the chief said.

As more communities rise up to resist the now well-known danger of fossil fuel extraction, the industry has been radicalizing against democracy.

Demonstrations are taking place against the country's residential schools system where thousands of Indigenous children were abused.