Articles by Indigenous Affairs Reporting Fellow Miacel Spotted Elk
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Defending the Earth is deadly work. A new report illuminates how much.
Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were killed or disappeared last year, most for standing up to mining and logging.
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How a profit-sharing agreement could be a new model for mining on Indigenous land
The unprecedented deal the Shoshone-Paiute struck with a Canadian gold company will test whether mining can align with Indigenous rights.
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![The Immigration and Custom Enforcement immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is seen in an aerial shot of the Everglades.]()
![The Immigration and Custom Enforcement immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is seen in an aerial shot of the Everglades.]()
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ must close, but the fight isn’t over
A judge sided with the Miccosukee Tribe and said the ICE detention center must close. Florida officials have already appealed.
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For Indigenous communities, AI brings peril — and promise
The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge from new forms of extraction.
