Indigenous peoples

250 years of lies, 500 years of uprising

July 3, 2026 NDN Collective

Reflection. The so-called “United States” is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026. We, the first people of this land, do not have to look far to spot the […]

Leonard Peltier: nothing to celebrate at America 250

June 28, 2026 Gary Wilson

On July 3, fireworks will burst over Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe (the Six Grandfathers), the sacred Lakota mountain the settlers renamed Mount Rushmore. The four presidents blasted into the rock will glow above the Black Hills — […]

Los Angeles screening honors Indigenous land defenders in Latin America

April 1, 2026 Lizbeth Antonio

On Thursday, March 26, the Harriet Tubman Center in Los Angeles screened “Water for Life,” a film honoring Indigenous land defenders in Honduras, El Salvador and Chile. This is a story about water and the […]

Red Lake Nation blocks ICE entry, asserting sovereignty as agents move north

January 31, 2026 Gary Wilson

On Jan. 13, the Tribal Council of Red Lake Nation voted unanimously to restrict ICE and other federal immigration agents from entering Red Lake lands without a court order signed by a judge with jurisdiction. […]

‘Full Circle’: AIM patrols back on Minneapolis streets as tensions rise

January 20, 2026 Stewart Huntington

Supporters are pouring in from across Indian Country to protect the Minnesota community from ICE The wave of federal immigration agents swarming the Minneapolis area might be unprecedented in law enforcement history, but the response […]

From Minneapolis to Arizona, ICE targets Native peoples

January 18, 2026 Gary Wilson

Jan. 17 — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has escalated a nationwide campaign of racial profiling and arbitrary detention against Indigenous people, seizing members of federally recognized tribes in Minnesota, Arizona, and Oklahoma in what tribal […]