Indigenous peoples

I write this in October, in the midst of all of the fall celebrations in the U.S. — Columbus Day, Thanksgiving and even Halloween — that can give some big headaches to Indigenous people by […]

Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier has now spent over 47 years in prison.  On Jan. 28 he tested positive for COVID-19. He was immediately placed in isolation but received no special care and was even […]

Walkers in Eau Claire, Wis., after a pipe ceremony. From “Leonard Peltier’s Walk to Justice” on Facebook

MINNEAPOLIS—The American Indian Movement (AIM) Grand Governing Council hosted a rally yesterday in Cedar Field Park to kick off a 15-week national walk demanding the release of Leonard Peltier. The “Walk to Justice: Free Leonard […]

Editor’s Note: This first-person account from Leonard Peltier about his experiences at the Wahpeton Indian School from 1952 to 1955 was sent to Native News Online by one of his longtime advisers. Its authenticity was confirmed […]

As the Indigenous anti-pipeline resistance against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) continues in the Wet’suwet’en lands in Canada, the police have been intimidating the protesters and residents of the land and conducting surveillance. On Monday, April […]

The co-founder of the American Indian Movement and longtime leader in the fight for Native civil rights has died. Clyde Bellecourt, White Earth Nation, died from cancer at his Minneapolis home Tuesday, his wife Peggy […]