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A $2.30-a-day basic income trial is trying to save the Amazon rainforest
Universal basic income is usually aimed at social or economic benefits. But a $2.30-a-day trial in …
Mia Jankowicz
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Rakhi festive sales expected to surge over Rs 12,000 crore across country: Confederation of All India Traders
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Sunday anticipated a festive trade of over Rs 12,0…
ANI
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Fabric of a nation: Sustaining India's handloom legacy in modern times
The industry is largely unorganised, and the wages are shockingly low. 67% of handloom workers are …
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I spent 8 days in Panama and returned feeling like I visited 3 different countries. Here's why it's worth a trip.
Business Insider's author spent a week in Panama where she explored modern cities, diversity-rich r…
Monica Humphries
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Long before they became a Thanksgiving staple, turkeys were revered by ancient Indigenous communities
Indigenous tribes used turkey feathers for cloaks and headdresses, and the bird was used in ancient…
Yoonji Han
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Biden declares October 11 Indigenous Peoples' Day and says restoring national monuments is the 'easiest thing I've ever done so far as President'
Biden recognized Native Americans' "vibrant and diverse" cultures, as well as the violence they end…
Morgan Keith
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On Indigenous Peoples' day, activists marched in Washington DC demanding action on climate change
People raise their fists during a climate change protest on Indigenous Peoples' Day outside the Whi…
DeArbea Walker
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Quannah Chasinghorse said she came to the 2022 Met Gala more prepared after feeling like she didn't belong last year
Indigenous model and climate activist Quannah Chasinghorse previously told Insider nobody at the 20…
Maria Noyen
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Rudy Giuliani dismisses Columbus' atrocities in conversation with Steve Bannon: 'Did he do anything that other men and women of his age would have done? No.'
The former New York City mayor made the comments during an interview with Steve Bannon on the netwo…
Erin Snodgrass
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It's Columbus Day on Monday - here's what's open and closed
On Columbus Day- or Indigenous Peoples' Day - the post office and most banks are closed, while the …
Heather Schlitz
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Canada needs to use the Indigenous practice of prescribed burning for wildfire prevention, experts say
Indigenous communities have used prescribed burning for thousands of years to maintain forest healt…
Katie Hawkinson
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For some Indigenous Americans, today is not about giving thanks. It's their National Day of Mourning.
The first National Day of Mourning took place in 1970 to describe Indigenous peoples' perspectives …
Shriya Bhattacharya
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Ashley Loring HeavyRunner vanished from a Montana reservation in 2017. Her sister says that before she went missing, she wanted to bring awareness to missing and murdered indigenous women.
"Ashley said she wanted to help missing women," Kimberly Loring told Insider. "And a few months lat…
Azmi Haroun
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The first Indigenous poet laureate in US history reflects on her mission for equity for Native American people
Monday marks The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
Marguerite Ward
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featured its first land acknowledgment ritual for native tribes
The rituals honored the Wampanoag and Lenape people and took place in the Lenape territory of Manah…
Ellen Cranley
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Overturning abortion rights could amplify the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, many of whom are victims of domestic violence or sex trafficking
As the Supreme Court seems poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, one expert said access to safe and legal…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Activists ask MacKenzie Scott to help fund their efforts to stop Amazon from building its Africa headquarters on sacred native land
"Amazon will forever and irrevocably be associated with modern-day colonial dispossession" if the p…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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The owner of a South Dakota hotel said she was banning Native people. Tribal leaders quickly issued the hotel a trespassing notice, citing an 1868 treaty.
The owner of the hotel, located in the Black Hills, said "the problem is we do not know the nice on…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The infrastructure bill is historic for Native people. Community leaders hope the investment won't end here.
Joe Biden's infrastructure bill allocates more than $11 billion to Native American communities for …
Gwen Aviles
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68% of defence budget allocated for procuring indigenous equipment: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured the new generation entrepreneurs in the defence e…