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Federal and International Legal Implications of the History of Indigenous Boarding Schools in the United States and Their Current Impacts

Today, there are over 40,000 graves of Native American children around the United States on properties that operated as boarding schools for Indigenous youth. [1] These gravesites reveal a fraction of the impact of the mistreatment at these federally sanctioned schools, and of the number of Indigenous youth harmed emotionally and physically that led to diminished populations and resources, little culturally relevant schooling, and increased mental and physical illnesses in Indigenous communities.

Tess AronsonJanuary 16, 2023international human rights law, indigenous rights, education, children’s rights

Not One Centimeter: President Bolsonaro’s War on Indigenous Rights

As the current president of Brazil, Bolsonaro maintains his rhetoric that allowing indigenous tribes to occupy territory— to which they hold exclusive rights—is tantamount to economic suicide. Under his administration, the Amazonian tribes are in danger of losing all of their ancestral lands and being forced to assimilate into Brazilian society, to line the pockets of gold and diamond mining companies.

Matthew SchwitzerNovember 7, 2019indigenous rights, Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, Amazonian tribesComment