Vatican to Return Indigenous Cultural Items to Canada Taken a Century Ago

Dozen of pieces used in a 1925 exhibition, including a whale-hunting kayak, will be returned to Canada early next month.

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Indigenous People Take the Stage at COP30 Climate Talks in Belém, Brazil

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong.

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Carney Accelerates Economic Plan for Canada to Rely Less on U.S. Amid Trade War

Prime Minister Mark Carney fast-tracked mines and other natural resource projects to the dismay of some Indigenous groups and many environmentalists.

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A Storm Hit Alaska. Now, a Native Community Is Racing to Save Its History.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong scattered artifacts from an archaeological site along the shore of the Bering Sea.

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In Canada, a New Play Celebrates Indigenous Storytelling of the Northern Lights

The aurora borealis draws thousands of visitors to the Far North each year. A new play tells the lights’ tales from the perspective of Indigenous creators.

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Trump Opens ANWR to Oil Drilling

The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.

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Bolivia Pushes to Reclaim the Coca Leaf From the Stigma of Cocaine

Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions.

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Beheaded and Sent to Watery Graves, Columbus Statues Get New Life

More than 30 monuments to Christopher Columbus were toppled or taken down in 2020. Now some are being restored, and finding new, usually less-public homes.

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Canada Post Strike Poses Challenges for Remote Communities

A strike, and growing prospects of drastic cuts to the state-owned postal service, make life very hard for Canada’s remote communities.

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New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial

As the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal approaches on Oct. 26, organizers are seeking to temper the celebration with an acknowledgment of the waterway’s dispossession of Native American communities.

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