Indigenous Sovereignty

Indigenous Elder In Australia Is Suing King Charles III For Genocide

July 28, 2026 Marisa Wikramanayake, The Canary. Resist! Australia, colonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, Legal System

In June 2026, Krauatungalung Elder Djuran Bunjileenee Uncle Robbie Thorpe appealed to the Victorian Supreme Court in Australia as part of a genocide court case. The accused? King Charles III as the UK Crown representative. It is one of a series of court cases Uncle Robbie has filed. Another is a trespassing case brought against Margaret Gardner, the governor of Victoria. Uncle Robbie stands in front of the Victorian Magistrates’ Court in trousers and a North Face jacket. As I step onto the curb, he holds an arm out for a hug and warns me against being mown down by cyclists. It’s the first time we have met.

Anti-Indigenous Slur In Declaration Of Independence Speaks Volumes

July 5, 2026 Johnnie Jae, Truthout. Educate! Declaration of Independence, Executive power, Indigenous Sovereignty, Wars and Miliitarism

Every Fourth of July, the Declaration of Independence is the cornerstone of the U.S.’s celebrations. It’s read aloud in radio, television, and public celebrations. But it carries a contradiction expressed through a slur that Native people have never been able to ignore — a scathing reference to “merciless Indian Savages.” Even as the framers promised a nation of equality and liberty for all, they also made it clear that Indigenous people are not included in their notion of “all.” So, within Native communities, the yearly invocations of the Declaration Independence are also a reminder of how long we have been struggling to resist, survive, and defeat every effort to silence, erase, and eradicate us.

Western New York Resists Mega-Data Center Plan

June 16, 2026 Allie Tutich, The Indypendent. Resist! Data Centers, Environment, Indigenous Sovereignty, New York (NY)

As state legislators in Albany are pushing to pass a moratorium on new data centers, a coalition of Western New York residents, the federally recognized Tonawanda Seneca Nation, and other organizations are fighting against a proposal for the largest data center in the state. Stream U.S. Data Center is seeking to construct a 2.2 million-square-foot data-center complex near Alabama, a town of about 1,800 people halfway between Rochester and Buffalo. It would be on land directly adjacent to the Tonawanda Seneca reservation territory and several publicly owned land and wildlife refuges.

International Tribunal Accuses Canada Of ‘Genocide’ Against Indigenous Peoples

June 14, 2026 John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry. Resist! Accountability, Canada, Human Rights, Indigenous Sovereignty, People's Tribunal

An international human rights tribunal has concluded that Canada committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Indigenous Peoples through its residential school system and related colonial policies. The preliminary findings were released Friday by the 57th session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT), an independent international opinion tribunal that spent a week hearing testimony from residential school survivors, legal experts, researchers and Indigenous advocates in Montreal. The tribunal, which focused primarily on missing Indigenous children and unmarked graves linked to Canada’s residential school system, moved beyond the language of “cultural genocide” that dominated earlier public debate in Canada, finding that evidence presented during the hearings demonstrated a pattern of conduct that constituted “genocide” under international law.

What’s Next For Oak Flat?

March 24, 2026 Gabriel Pietrorazio, KJZZ Phoenix. Educate! Apache Stronghold, Copper, Indigenous Sovereignty, Mining, Oak Flat, Sacred sites

Oak Flat is officially no longer public land nestled within the Tonto National Forest. The roughly 2,400 acres just east of Phoenix — long-considered Apache holy land — is now private property belonging to a multinational mining company. Despite being under new ownership, Resolution Copper president and general manager, Vicky Peacey, stresses Oak Flat will remain mostly untouched. Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, as Apaches call it, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. “We’re very excited to take the next steps, although in a way that is humble and respectful,” Peacey told KJZZ. “We wanted to make sure that the look — the feel of the area — is very similar to how the Forest Service had managed it.”

AI Data Centers Spark Debate On Native Lands

March 20, 2026 Jen Deerinwater and Jesse Deer In Water, Counter Punch. Educate! Data Centers, Energy, Indigenous Sovereignty, Nuclear Energy, Water

The recent explosion in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers has created a litany of environmental and cultural issues for Native people and Tribes across the so-called “United States.” This, in turn, has sparked intense debate and prompted conversations on tribal digital sovereignty and a call for regulation that controls the data, infrastructure, and networks. Data centers are facilities that keep and manage internet technology infrastructure for processing, storing, and distributing large quantities of data. They are key to modern digital services, which can include AI.

Indigenous Protest Over Amazon Water Decree Enters Second Week

February 6, 2026 Amazon Watch, Intercontinental Cry. Resist! Amazon, Blockade, Cargill, Indigenous Sovereignty, Water Protectors

Santarém, Pará, Brazil – On the 13th day blockading Cargill’s grain terminal in Santarém, Indigenous protestors are demanding in-person dialogue with Brazil’s federal government, following its failure to send representatives to a meeting last week. The arrival of dozens of Munduruku representatives from upstream on the Tapajós River bolstered this key demand to be heard and expanded the 700-strong Indigenous blockade prior to a meeting scheduled for today. The blockade is led by 14 Indigenous peoples from the Lower Tapajós basin and calls for the revocation of Decree 12,600/2025, which incorporates segments on the Tapajós, Madeira, and Tocantins rivers into Brazil’s National Privatization Program (PND).

Tribes Condemn FERC Approval Of Energy Storage Project

February 4, 2026 John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry. Resist! Energy, Environment, Indigenous Sovereignty, Sacred sites

In a decision that has ignited fierce opposition from Indigenous leaders and environmental advocates, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Jan. 22 issued a 40-year license to build the Goldendale Energy Pumped Storage Project, a 1,200-megawatt energy storage facility southeast of Goldendale in Klickitat County, Wash. The project, developed by Rye Development, represents one of the largest new pumped-storage energy ventures in the United States in more than a decade. Proponents describe it as a critical addition to the regional grid that could store and release electricity to serve roughly 500,000 homes during peak demand.

Indigenous Nations Extend Legal Personhood To The Colorado River

February 2, 2026 John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry. Create! Colorado River, Indigenous Sovereignty, Legal System, Rights of Nature

The Colorado River Indian Tribes took a key step in Indigenous environmental law by designating the Colorado River — the life source for millions across the Southwest — as a “living being” with legal rights under tribal law. The move, approved by the tribal council late last year, reflects both a cultural worldview and a strategic tool to protect dwindling water supplies amid prolonged drought and growing demand. The resolution describes the river as an entity with inherent value and rights comparable to those of a person, a legal concept known as the rights of nature.

Confronting The Far-Right’s War On Reconciliation

January 19, 2026 Sean Carleton, Canadian Dimension. Strategize! Canada, Indigenous Sovereignty, Residential Schools, Right wing extremism

Given the rising tide of anti-Indigenous politics in Canada, it is crucial to pay close attention to how the far-right is deliberately weaponizing misinformation about residential schools to undermine truth and reconciliation. What might appear, at first glance, as isolated controversies or “debates” about historical facts are better understood as part of a coordinated political strategy aimed at eroding public confidence in Indigenous testimony, survivor truth, and the legitimacy of reconciliation itself. As I have argued previously, and as recent events in British Columbia make abundantly clear, residential school denialism is not simply about disputing aspects of the historical record.

Shinnecock Nation Fights New York State Over Signs And Sovereignty

December 27, 2025 Levi Rickert, Native News Online. Resist! Indigenous Sovereignty, Legal System, New York State, Shinnecock Nation

The Shinnecock Indian Nation’s battle to keep its two electronic signs operational will move to federal court next Tuesday, December 30, 2025. The tribal nation, located about 90 miles east of Manhattan at the gateway to the Hamptons on Long Island, is a federally recognized tribe in an area known for estates owned by the wealthy and famous. At issue is a New York state court ruling earlier this year that found the tribe did not have the right to construct and operate the billboards and ordered them shut down. Last month, the judge in the case said the company that operates the billboards and sells advertising on them was in contempt of court and again demanded that the signs be shut down.

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial And Sacred Site Act Passes Congress

December 13, 2025 Darren Thompson, Last Real Indians. Educate! Congress, Indigenous Sovereignty, Land Back Movement, Pine Ridge, Wounded Knee

Washington—Yesterday, the “Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act” passed the U.S. Senate unanimously and is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature. The House version passed the House earlier this year in January, and both versions of the bill were sponsored by South Dakota’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson and U.S. Senators Mike Thune and Mike Rounds—all Republicans. The bill directs the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to place 40 acres around the Wounded Knee Massacre Site in restricted fee status, and would be a part of the Pine Ridge Reservation with the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe jointly owning it.

Worldwide Solidarity For Indigenous Liberation

December 3, 2025 Will Hodgkinson, Workers World. Resist! colonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, Land Back, National Day of Mourning

Plymouth, Massachusetts - Over 3,000 protesters occupied Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 27 to observe the 56th National Day of Mourning (NDOM). As Mahtowin Munro (Oglala Lakota), co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE) described, this year’s Day of Mourning action triumphed despite reactionary attempts at sabotage. In a flagrant violation of the agreement it made with UAINE in 1998 — after police beat, gassed and falsely arrested 25 UAINE leaders and supporters in 1997 — the Town of Plymouth refused to allow UAINE to provide a stage on Cole’s Hill unless UAINE took out extortionate insurance policies.

56th National Day Of Mourning Observed In Plymouth, Massachusetts

November 27, 2025 United American Indians of New England, Popular Resistance. Resist! American genocide, colonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, National Day of Mourning, Thanksgiving

United American Indians of New England (UAINE) has called for the 56th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 12 o'clock noon. Participants gathered by the statue of Massasoit on Cole's Hill above the Plymouth waterfront. Since 1970, hundreds of Native people and non-Native allies have gathered annually in Plymouth on U.S. Thanksgiving Day. According to UAINE co-leader Kisha James, who is Aquinnah Wampanoag and Oglala Lakota and the granddaughter of Wamsutta Frank James, the founder of National Day of Mourning, “Native people have no reason to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims.

Thanksgiving: Part Of ‘Broken Circle Holiday’

November 27, 2025 LaNada War Jack, Native News Online. Educate! American genocide, History, Indigenous Sovereignty, Native Americans, Thanksgiving

Traditional American Thanksgiving acknowledges a feast shared between Pilgrims and Indigenous Native people. We know our people assisted with the early immigration process of those people arriving from Europe because they were pitiful, hungry and starving. We were kind and loving people who helped them. However, once they got a foothold, they tried to completely extinguish us, stole our lands and now we are supposed to be thankful. This runs similar to the “Redskin” mascot Issue or the “Columbus Day” celebration of genocide.

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