Indigenous

Tell Biden: Free Leonard Peltier!

The excerpted remarks were written by political prisoner Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) for the 53rd annual…

September 22, 2023

Protect Wet’suwet’en land!

New details have emerged about the militarized campaign of state and corporate persecution targeting land defenders of the Wet’suwet’en First…

August 29, 2023

Wildfires devastate Native Hawaiian lands

This week, wildfires are devastating Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) lands in U.S.-occupied Hawaiʻi. The largest fires have erupted on Hawaiʻi…

August 15, 2023

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