Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

August 25, 2022

Catholic Church: 'Take the money and run'


Historical photograph of a nun and students at St. Anne's Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont. (Algoma University/Edmund Metatabwin collection) The Canadian government has spent millions fighting payments to survivors in Ottawa

Catholic Church: 'Take the money and run'

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

An access to information request exposes Canada's secret deal that allows the Catholic Church to renege on its promise of $25 million for residential school survivors.

The day after the article was published in Winnipeg Free Press, the Pope announced that the Catholic Church is quickly moving all of its financial assets to the Vatican Bank.

The Catholic Church confessed to the crime of genocide in July.

Navajo Nation confirms Monkeypox case in McKinley County, New Mexico


McKinley County, New Mexico

Navajo Nation confirms Monkeypox case in McKinley County, New Mexico


By Brenda Norrell
Censored News


WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation said the first case of Monkeypox was confirmed. A Navajo living in McKinley County, New Mexico, contracted Monkeypox.

COVID-19 has also continued to spread with deaths.

Shasta River Diversion Defies State Law, by Karuk and Yurok Nations



Photo courtesy Yurok Nation

Karuk and Yurok Tribes Demand Immediate Action After Water Diverted from Shasta River Before It Reaches Klamath


by Dan Bacher
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Ranchers who are members of the Shasta River Water Association have defied state law by diverting water flows from the Shasta River, a key Klamath River tributary for imperiled coho and Chinook salmon, a joint press statement from the Karuk and Yurok Tribes revealed.

August 23, 2022

Red Cloud Indian School will search beneath concrete for graves at school with history of abuse


The Holy Rosary Mission, now Red Cloud Indian School on Pine Ridge, opened in 1888. Before he passed to the Spirit World this year, Lakota publisher Tim Giago described the beatings and rapes at the school.

Red Cloud School will search beneath concrete for graves at the school with a history of abuse

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

PINE RIDGE, South Dakota -- Before he passed to the Spirit World, Lakota publisher Tim Giago wrote about the beatings and rapes at the Catholic school on Pine Ridge. Warning about the apparent guilt at the school, which now wants to hear their stories, Tim said, "I will never forgive them for what they did to us."

Now, there is a search for graves at Red Cloud Indian School.

Red Cloud Indian School said it will remove concrete and search for possible graves of children in October, according to a statement on its website. The school is a private school of the Catholic Church, which opened in 1888 with the name Holy Rosary Mission.