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Pearl Jam Bassist Ament Highlights Skateboarding’s Impact in Indigenous Communities in Tribeca Film

Pearl Jam Bassist Ament Highlights Skateboarding’s Impact in Indigenous Communities in Tribeca Film

Published by Sam Flores

Raised in the rural Montana community of Big Sandy, Jeff Ament got hooked as a teenager on skateboarding at a time when not much more than only a handful of ramps were available in the state. Ament’s first love was a “terrible” clay wheel skateboard and his passion blossomed on a family trip to California, where he skateboarded and felt the g-forces on urethane wheels on paved asphalt streets and then poured through the pages of Skateboarder magazine on the 20-hour drive home to Montana. Ament found pictures of decks and ramps that he used as inspiration for designs that his dad, George, would help him build — like how to craft a kick tail and create the perfect tail radius — and took his skateboard to compete in larger contests around the state. “I think the idea that he was helping me build something was the most important thing to him,” Ament said. “He gave me a life skill.” Ament’s other major life skill, as bassist for the Pearl Jam band he co-founded, also …

How Indigenous tribes are leading climate action in Montana : NPR

How Indigenous tribes are leading climate action in Montana : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Mike Durglo Jr. has devoted his life to preparing his home and his people for climate change. As the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes climate change coordinator he wrote one of the first tribal climate action plans in the country over 15 years ago. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about how communities are moving forward on climate solutions despite significant political headwinds. As the federal government halts plans to address climate change, states, cities, regions, and even neighborhoods are trying to fill the gap by cutting climate pollution and adapting to extreme weather. RONAN, Montana — On a crisp April morning, Mike Durglo Jr. stood on a hillside overlooking a stretch of the 1.2-million-acre Flathead Indian Reservation — the home of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. He pointed out the mountains where his father taught him how to track deer, and then to a peak in the distance where a lone whitebark pine stands against the snow. He calls the tree Ilawya: …

Indigenous Soccer Team Makes Professional Debut in Brazil to Score Goals and Fight Prejudice

Indigenous Soccer Team Makes Professional Debut in Brazil to Score Goals and Fight Prejudice

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MARICA, Brazil, May 6 (Reuters) – From a village ⁠on ⁠the coast of Rio de ⁠Janeiro state, Indigenous people have founded a professional soccer team made up ​solely of players from across Brazil, turning the state championship into a new front in their struggle ‌for representation. The purpose of the Originarios ‌team, the first fully Indigenous team to compete in an official soccer championship in Rio, ⁠goes far ⁠beyond scoring goals. “The initial idea was to form the team and play ​in the championship. Not to become champions, but to give visibility to a people who suffer greatly, directly defending their land,” said club president Tupa Nunes, the chief of the Mata Verde Bonita village, home ​to Guarani Mbya Indigenous people. “From a young age, I believed that by playing great football, ⁠beautiful football, ⁠well-played football, you can ⁠break the stone ​hearts of those who failed to understand your dream, your project, your people,” he added. Indigenous ​people, who represent 0.8% of ⁠Brazil’s population, are disproportionately targeted by violence. Research shows hundreds of Indigenous people …

Violence Breaks Out in Australia Over Indigenous Girl’s Killing

Violence Breaks Out in Australia Over Indigenous Girl’s Killing

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new video loaded: Violence Breaks Out in Australia Over Indigenous Girl’s Killing transcript Back transcript Violence Breaks Out in Australia Over Indigenous Girl’s Killing Members of the Indigenous community in Alice Springs, Australia, clashed with the police outside the hospital where a person suspected of killing a 5-year-old girl was taken. I’d like to think that what we saw last night is an aberration, not a continuation of future behaviors that we’re going to see today. Members of the Indigenous community in Alice Springs, Australia, clashed with the police outside the hospital where a person suspected of killing a 5-year-old girl was taken. By Axel Boada and James McManagan May 1, 2026 Source link

This Indigenous Language Survived Russian Occupation. Can It Survive YouTube?

This Indigenous Language Survived Russian Occupation. Can It Survive YouTube?

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When anthropology researcher Ashley McDermott was doing fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan a few years ago, she says many people voiced the same concern: Children were losing touch with their indigenous language. The Central Asian country of 7 million people was under Russian control for a century until 1991, but Kyrgyz (pronounced kur-giz) survived and remains widely spoken among adults. McDermott, a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, says she also heard that some kids in rural villages where Kyrgyz dominated had spontaneously learned to speak Russian. The adults largely blamed a singular force: YouTube. McDermott and a team of five researchers across four universities in the US and Kyrgyzstan have released new research they believe proves the fears about YouTube’s influence are valid. The group simulated user behavior on YouTube and collected nearly 11,000 unique search results and video recommendations. What they found is that Kyrgyz-language searches for popular kid interests such as cartoons, fairy tales, and mermaids often did not yield content in Kyrgyz. Even after watching 10 children’s videos featuring Kyrgyz speech to …

Australian Police Find Body in Search for Missing 5-Year-Old Indigenous Girl

Australian Police Find Body in Search for Missing 5-Year-Old Indigenous Girl

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By Christine Chen and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, April 30 (Reuters) – Australian ⁠police ⁠said on Thursday they have ⁠found a body believed to be that of a missing five-year-old Indigenous ​girl and were searching for the man who allegedly murdered her. The girl, now referred to by her family ‌as Kumanjayi Little Baby in line ‌with Indigenous customs, was reported missing from her home in a remote community in central Australia ⁠late on ⁠Saturday. Police said they located a body of a young Indigenous girl they believed ​was her shortly before midday on Thursday about 5 km (3 miles) south of the original crime scene. News of Kumanjayi Little Baby’s disappearance has made national headlines and hundreds of people have been involved in land and ​air searches across harsh desert terrain in the Alice Springs region. “Our hearts are broken that the ⁠case ⁠of the little girl missing ⁠in Alice Springs ​has had such a tragic ending,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement on ​X. “No words can measure up ⁠to the immensity …

Tech Companies Are Using Insidious Tactics to Build Data Centers on Indigenous Lands, Activists Say

Tech Companies Are Using Insidious Tactics to Build Data Centers on Indigenous Lands, Activists Say

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Last month, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma became the first Indigenous nation to officially ban data center construction from its land. When a tech startup approached Tribal leaders asking them to sign a nondisclosure agreement along with a letter of intent to construct a data center on Seminole territory, the Tribal Council unanimously shot them down, voting 24 to 0 to instead enact a permanent data center moratorium. The Seminole Nation isn’t alone in fighting off predatory tech firms. Across the country, data center developers are using underhanded tactics to ram their server farms onto Indigenous land, whether Native communities want them there or not. In an interview with Democracy Now‘s Amy Goodman, activist Krystal Two Bulls, executive director of Honor the Earth — an Indigenous-led environmental organization that helped the Seminole Nation assert their rights against the unscrupulous data center startup — said there are anywhere between 103 and 160 proposed hyperscale data centers looking to build …

Indigenous Artist Design Heads to Moon, Uffizi Cyberattacked, and More

Indigenous Artist Design Heads to Moon, Uffizi Cyberattacked, and More

Published by José Betancourt

Good Morning! Artist Henry Guimond, from Sagkeeng First Nation, designed a patch worn by Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on the Artemis II mission to the Moon. The Uffizi Galleries were the target of a cyberattack in February, but deny reports of damage.  New Louvre leader ousts painting department director Sébatien Allard. The Headlines SHOOTING ART STAR. Artists often dream of having their work shown in prestigious institutions, but what about in outer space? Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond from Sagkeeng First Nation knows a bit about what that’s like. The Manitoba-based artist designed a patch to be worn by Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen , while he makes his way to the far side of the Moon with fellow NASA astronauts on the Artemis II mission, reports CBC News . Guimond’s painting for the patch depicts seven symbolic animals and the Seven Sacred Laws that link humans with the Earth, according to Anishinaabe custom. “It’s good for everyone to learn those teachings, the seven laws for all humanity, not just for Indigenous people, but for all people,” Guimond said earlier this week. As for his artwork …

Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land

Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma just became the first Indigenous nation to officially ban data center construction from lands under its jurisdiction. After a tech startup approached Seminole leaders asking to allow a data center on their lands, the Tribal Council voted 24 to 0 to enact a “moratorium on the advancement of generative artificial intelligence technology and hyperscale data center development within the Seminole Nation and within tribal lands and territories,” Native News Online reported. According to the news agency, the startup had asked the Nation to sign both a non-disclosure agreement and a letter of intent to construct a data center on its sovereign reservation. Mekusukey Band Representative Glen Chebon Kernell, a member of the Tribal Council who introduced the resolution banning data center development, first made the public aware of the startup’s plans at an assembly on March 3rd. At the meeting, dozens of Tribal members and their non-Indigenous neighbors expressed their concerns with data …

California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes

California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes

Published by Sam Flores

California unveiled a plan Tuesday to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes. That number represents roughly 7% of the state’s land and waters. It also corresponds with the amount of land the federal government promised it would hold as reservations for Indigenous tribes after California joined the union in 1850. Congress ultimately rejected these treaties in a secret meeting — after pressure from the state — and failed to notify tribes, many of whom upheld their end of the agreement to relocate. The new policy, set by the California Natural Resources Agency, aims to start healing the harm caused by the state’s actions to bar tribes from their homelands and criminalize their cultural and land management practices. These actions not only harmed Native communities, whose cultures and ways of life are intimately tied to the plants, animals and landscape of their homelands, but also caused well-documented harm to ecosystems through the loss of biodiversity, takeover of invasive species, degradation of water quality and increase …