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Suriname is Selling its Gold and Timber, at the Cost of Tribal Land Rights

Suriname is a country in South America, known for its lush jungle. However, it is the only Latin American country that has yet to adopt a legal framework recognizing Indigenous people's collective rights. 

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Study Shows Isolated Indigenous People as Happy as Wealthy Western Peers

A series of interviews shows people living in remote Indigenous communities are just as happy, if not happier, than the average person in high-income Western countries.

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N Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-winning Native American novelist, dies aged 89

N Scott Momaday was a Kiowa poet, educator, and folklorist whose writing connected and inspired audiences. He published more than a dozen books, but his debut novel "House Made of Dawn" is noted as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature.

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Federal Government Overhauls NAGPRA to Expedite Return of Native Ancestral Remains

On Dec. 6, Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced revisions to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act at the White House Tribal Summit in Washington D.C. 

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UGA student and former NASA president Mariah Cady named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar

University of Georgia honors student and former Native American Student Association president has been awarded the competitive and highly respected Rhodes Scholarship.