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Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison. Peltier was denied parole as recently as July and wasn’t eligible for parole again until 2026.
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Peyote that grows naturally in South Texas and Mexico threatened
Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico. It is sacred to many Indigenous people, playing a central role in their ceremonies, spiritual practice and medicine.
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Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation
President Joe Biden designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school site in Pennsylvania to commemorate the resilience of tribes whose children were forced to attend the school and similar abusive institutions.
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Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy that caused abuse and deaths of children
President Joe Biden delivered an apology Friday for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally backed boarding schools for forced assimilation.
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What is Indigenous Peoples Day? A day of celebration, protest and reclaiming history
Here is a look at why it’s called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.