Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

July 23, 2026

Navajos Protest Planned 110-Year Lease for Coal Mine Expansion

Navajos Protest Planned 110-Year Lease for Coal Mine Expansion

Coal Mines, Oil and Gas Methane and Uranium Transport: Deadly Mix on the Navajo Nation

By Dine' CARE, Censored News, July 23, 2026
Dine' Citizens Against Ruining our Environment

WINDOW ROCK, Navajo Nation -- On Monday, Diné C.A.R.E. hosted a press conference with Burnham residents and other coal impacted community members at the Navajo Nation Council Chambers.

They called for the Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) to withdraw its No Name Permit application, which seeks a 110-year, 11,526-acre coal mine expansion.

July 20, 2026

Mni Wiconi 10 Year NO DAPL Reunion, September 2026

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 Mni Wiconi 10 Year NO DAPL Reunion
New Date: Sept. 17 -- 20, 2026

Mni Wiconi Reunion organizers said they have a beautiful lineup in store for the upcoming 10-year Reunion.

"Coming to the stage, all the way from Watsonville, California, we’ve got SH1NE! SH1NE will be bringing his healing energy and soothing vibe to give us a remarkable performance. He is also co-leading this event, so if you know an artist, we will connect you with him!"
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'Keeping It Alive' The Beauty of Ancient Languages, A Path to Memory and Identity

'Keeping It Alive' The Beauty of Ancient Languages, A Path to Memory and Identity 

The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Hears Testimony as Indigenous Refuse to Silence Their Mother Tongues

Nishnawbe-Aski Nation First Nation Youth Delegation at the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Gevena. Ryan Fleming, Attawapiskat First Nation, Keira Spence, Moose Cree First Nation, and Kohen Mattinas, Lac Seul First Nation/Constance Lake First Nation. 

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 20, 2026

GENEVA -- The Mother Tongue carries the identity, heritage and survival of the people. "When Indigenous languages die, Indigenous Peoples die," Maori told the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Canada tried to silence the Mother Tongues in residential schools. In Botswana, displacement and genocide could mean the silencing of the peoples spoken word. In Morocco, discrimination is the reality for the language carriers, the mothers of future generations. In Venezuela, sanctions have not prevented the government from revitalizing 42 Indigenous languages, Indigenous delegates told the U.N. Expert Mechanism.

Japan denies there are Indigenous Peoples born in Okinawa.