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Native American News Roundup April 21-27, 2024

Indigenous leaders are risking their lives to speak at the UN

From harassment, to kidnapping and arrest, Indigenous advocates who face reprisals for their work say the UN must protect them.

Initiative champions Native voices in Nevada political arena

A Nevada grassroots organization has launched its inaugural endorsement process for the 2024 elections in an effort to champion indigenous voices in the Silver State. Taylor Patterson, executive director of the Native Voters Alliance Nevada, said the state is getting better about tribal and indigenous representation but contended there is still a long way to go. Nevada is home to 21 federally recognized tribes and 28 reservations, but only one Native legislator. .

Bolivian vice president finds solidarity in NYC

New York City Bolivia’s Vice President David Choquehuanca spoke to a gathering of U.S. and Latin American anti-imperialist and human rights activists April 17 in New York City. Choquehuanca is an Indigenous Aymara leader, peasant organizer, trade unionist and member of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), which is the leading…

Genealogy project gives Native Hawaiians access to 7,300 pages of rare archival records