Honduran authorities have put the trial for the murder of an environmental and indigenous rights activist at risk by refusing to analyze and share key evidence.
Indigenous peoples
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘The Rider’ reveals the sacred relationship between a horse and rider
The acclaimed new film takes place on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation where I grew up and competed in rodeos.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Death toll from a volcano eruption in Guatemala may far exceed the official count
The Fuego volcano eruption destroyed properties recently sold to indigenous Guatemalans for subsistence farming.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Canadian Catholics grapple with a history of “whitewashing” indigenous children
Canada has begun truth-seeking and reconciliation, and the Sisters of Charity in Nova Scotia are confronting their order’s role in a racist educational system.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Meet the Hawaiian women leading the fight against a $1.4 billion telescope on a sacred mountain
The Thirty Meter Telescope would cover six acres on Mauna Kea, one of the most sacred places in Hawaii, and women are leading the resistance.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why Catholics should care that wilderness preserves in Utah are shrinking
Preserving wilderness areas is a way to preserve the idea of the sacred. But the Trump administration is seeking a huge reduction in protected land.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Native Americans deserve tribal recognition
The Trump administration shows a lack of respect for the sovereignty of Native American nations.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A demand for a papal apology roils Canada
“A future Papal visit to Canada may be considered, taking into account all circumstances, and including an encounter with the Indigenous Peoples as a top priority.” It does not say this encounter would mean an apology.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Canadian Catholics support new office to oversee global mining interests
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops praised the new ombudsperson office, noting it “has called attention to concerns and complaints involving Canadian-based and/or Canadian-registered companies which operate in other countries.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Indian reservations are in poor conditions, show no signs of improvement
“Today, Indians are the poorest of all American ethnic groups,” said Father Michael Carson, a Choctaw Indian who is assistant director of Native American affairs for the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church.