Native American women and girls disappear at twice the per-capita rate of white Americans. Many still do not have answers as to what happened to their mothers, aunts, sisters, daughters. Some said they felt failed by authorities; they had been made to wait days by police to report a loved one’s disappearance or had their pleas for help ignored altogether.

Wanji-wanji's lyrics have remained unchanged over thousands of kilometres and the past 150 years.

At least 60 Indigenous women are pursuing a lawsuit alleging they were sterilized against their will, as recently as last year. Is there an issue of systemic racism within Canada's healthcare system?

On the British Columbia coast, the Heiltsuk First Nation asserts its rights to manage its resources, and who has access to them, through the seasonal herring harvest. By Ian Gill.

As you walk in the footsteps of Canberra's Murrumbung Rangers, you begin to see the landscape with very different eyes. Every stone, tree and site tells a story.

Read the prepared text of the speech Senator Elizabeth Warren gave to Native Americans on Wednesday.

A day of celebration and overeating is for some a time of mourning and a testament to the strength of a culture. By Julie Turkewitz.

GOP lawmakers are upset by Thunderbird Strike, a new game about Native traditions. By Daniel Starkey.

Seal meat on a Toronto restaurant’s menu has stirred up a decades-long conflict over anti-hunting campaigns, which the Inuit say threaten their existence. By Selena Randhawa.

The Tarahumara of northern Mexico became famous for their ability to run incredibly long distances. Now, they’re running for their lives. By Ryan Goldberg.

The Havasupai are attempting to fight back against the operation of a uranium mine that they say could contaminate their sole water source. By Joanna Walters.

Canada’s thirst for oil pitted against its commitment to First Nations. By Patrick Michels.

The Dakota Access Pipeline accrued costs to the tune of $15 million for law enforcement’s brutality, now we know who will be paying for it all.… By Ruth Hopkins.

The cases likely mark first time that U.S. authorities have pursued felonies against people involved in demonstrations against fossil fuel infrastructure. By Will Parrish.

President Trump’s decision to review the designations of 27 national monuments has raised fears of a corporate giveaway – and the pueblos of the Rio Grande valley are worried. By Edward Helmore.

A filmmaker travels the U.S. and Canada to speak with Indigenous women about the constant threats to their safety and their lives. By Riayn Fergin.

“Those small victories were always difficult to claim at Standing Rock because the terms of the protests were absolute — either the pipeline was built or it wasn’t — and I imagine that as people return to their homes or ship off to the next fight, they will have to find a more personal justification for the months they spent there.” By Jay Caspian Kang. (Feb. 21, 2017)

Protesters from afar didn’t just take a stand in North Dakota — they brought the movement back home. By Tay Wiles. (Jan. 23, 2016)

On the island of Hawaii, a proposed telescope has ignited a fight between the champions of modern astronomy and Hawaiians seeking to protect a sacred site. By Trevor Quirk.

Violence has once again erupted in Standing Rock after police received a tacit go-ahead from the tribe to forcefully clear all camps opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. By Claire Bernish.