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Indigenous peoples
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Will Brazil’s Bolsonaro protect more than 100 uncontacted indigenous communities?
For many of these small groups, remaining uncontacted is a survival strategy.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As Trudeau fights to survive, resignation of A.G. distresses Indigenous people
Ms. Wilson-Raybould resigned from her post in the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 12 over what she called pressure to go easy on bribery and fraud charges against the Quebec-based multinational engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Million-dollar lawsuits are not the way to learn from the Covington Catholic incident
The family of Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann is suing The Washington Post for how it covered the viral incident following the March for Life. From a Catholic perspective, an open and honest conversation is the preferred option.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Catholic curricula and the invisibility of Native Americans
The furor over a chance meeting between Catholic high school students and Native American protesters underscores the need to listen and learn from indigenous voices.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A slow motion coup gathers steam in Guatemala
“What they are doing not only puts Guatemala at risk but the entire region. Bit by bit, for more than a year, they have been trying to divide us. The elections are at risk. We are six months away.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In Honduras, Berta Cáceres’s killers have been convicted
The court ruled that the murder was premeditated with the “consent of Desa executives.” Desa is the Honduran company holding the concession for a hydroelectric dam project on the Gualcarque River on disputed land.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Finding a Native American Identity in Oakland
In Tommy Orange’s debut novel, Oakland becomes a character as much as any of Orange’s other individuals: regularly erupting into violence, steadily erasing the history of its impoverished citizens who jump from apartment to apartment, existing in a series of “long, grey streets” that seem to go nowhere when you’re a kid on a bike pedaling around.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Lakota and Catholic: Jesuit education on the Pine Ridge Reservation
This week, we talk with Maka Clifford of the Red Cloud Indian School in South Dakota.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
New book alleges that Canadian police favor mining interests over indigenous peoples
Carleton University researchers say that Canadian mining companies are taking advantage of anti-terrorism tactics to suppress legitimate political protest.