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"We don't sell our way of life": Indigenous Peyote Users and the companies trying to cash in

Indigenous Peyote use traditions have been carried through forced assimilation and genocide. The peyote cactus is indigenous to one small area of Texas and is difficult to cultivate. The psychedelic renaissance currently sweeping America is trying to co-opt these traditions for profit.

Amy Walker, an elder with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, collecting wild mushrooms.

Seeds of Native Knowledge Grow in North Carolina

The 57,000-acre piece of land within the Qualla Boundary is a rich ecosystem that 16,000 members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians call home.

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Moccasins Taken by Residential School Finally Returned

Moccasins that were taken from an unknown Native boy at the notorious Carlisle Indian Industrial School more than 100 years ago, have finally been returned to Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate lands.

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President Joe Biden Nominates Cherokee Citizen to Federal Bench

Sara Hill, a Cherokee citizen, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. 

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Indigenous Activist to Confront Major Company for Their Destruction of Amazon Rainforest

Indigenous activist, Beka Saw Munduruku has traveled over 4,000 miles to hand deliver a letter in hopes of stopping destruction in the Amazon rainforest.

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