Indigenous

Environmental racism links Lāhainā and Katrina

August 29 will mark the 18th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, which devastated…

August 15, 2023

The Indian Child Welfare Act upheld!

On June 15, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in…

July 7, 2023

Navajo Nation statement on SCOTUS opinion on Arizona, et al, v. Navajo Nation

Window Rock, Arizona — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and Speaker of the 25th Navajo Nation Council Crystalyne Curley expressed…

June 29, 2023

Issues behind the Indian Child Welfare Act

Bulletin: In a major victory for Native nations and Tribal Sovereignty, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 was upheld…

June 23, 2023

Wildfires devastate Indigenous lands, air

Across the northern part of North America, wildfires continue to rage, threatening Indigenous lives and nations and poisoning the air…

June 13, 2023

Battle of Stronghold 1873: Indigenous Modoc people resisted

The U.S. Army was defeated by the Modoc Nation in the Battle of Stronghold 150 years ago on Jan. 17,…

January 16, 2023

Dakota men, women and youth ride to honor 38+2 executed warriors and for healing

This slightly edited article, which appeared in the Jan. 15, 2019, issue of Workers World, is reprinted to recognize the…

December 27, 2022

Indigenous leader exposes racist myth of ‘Thanksgiving’

The following edited remarks were made by Kimimilasha James, co-leader of United American Indians of New England, at the 53rd…

December 9, 2022

What’s in a name?

Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Morgan, Mellon, Getty, Custer, Lee, Kennedy, Clinton, Bush, Trump, Musk, Bezos, and their ilk, past and present,…

November 30, 2022

<span class="streamer2">53rd National Day of Mourning</span> <br />Indigenous pride, power and protest!

What are the United States’ foundational myths? Who created them, and who do they erase and harm? For the past 52…

November 19, 2022