Categoria: indiani d’america
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Native American Heritage Month nel 2025 non è stato proclamato
Novembre, negli Stati Uniti, è il Native American Heritage Month: uno spazio pubblico dedicato alla storia, alla letteratura e ai contributi dei Popoli Nativi. Per la prima volta dal 1990, nel 2025 la Casa Bianca non ha proclamato il Native American Heritage Month: un cambio di cornice che merita attenzione pubblica.
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Parlare di diritti dei Popoli Indigeni, oggi, è ancora un tabù. Perché?
In questa epoca di globalizzazione galoppante, la diversità culturale, espressa nelle usanze, nel linguaggio, nella musica e altri aspetti tradizionali diventa più che mai un prezioso patrimonio dell’umanità. Ma quello dei Popoli Indigeni è un argomento ancora poco discusso e spesso ignorato. Ne parliamo in un’intervista con Raffaella Milandri, giornalista, scrittrice e antropologa, fondatrice della…
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Revenge of the Native Americans? Killers of the Flower Moon and Lily Gladstone
At last, there is talk of Native Americans. From Scorsese’s latest film, however, more was expected. In the meantime, millions of Native Americans have been hoping to applaud Lily Gladstone, the first Native American ever nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
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What lies behind Pope Francis’ apology to Native Americans
Recall that between 2021 and 2022, a global media storm hit the Catholic Church regarding the Native people of North America: the discovery of unmarked graves, the terrible Indian residential schools, and finally the apology by Pope Francis. Let us analyse, in brief, the issue.
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The truth about Indian reservations. The lands do not belong to the Native Americans
As on many topics related to Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples, there is much misinformation on Indian reservations, mainly caused by an attempt to conceal the injustices and abuses still suffered by American Indians and also by many Aboriginal peoples. After careful legislative study, we discover that Indian reservation territories are only given in ‘trust’…
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Forgetting the Native American Genocide: over 55 million dead
In recent wartime events we have often heard the term ‘genocide’. Let us clarify the definition and, above all, ask ourselves why the Indigenous Holocaust of the Americas is not mentioned in the tragic list of genocides.
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Forced sterilisation: the latest weapon against Native Americans
Between 1970 and 1980, 42% of Native American women were sterilised against their consent. The US government’s plan was signed into law by then President Richard Nixon on 16 March 1970. Among the various instruments used by the US government to solve the so-called ‘Indian problem’ we have seen, in my previous articles, the establishment…
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Leonard Peltier: the appeal for the Native American activist after 47 years of maximum security imprisonment
A case that has America debating. Incarcerated since 1977 on the dubious charge of killing two FBI agents, Peltier’s new parole hearing will be held on 10 June after 15 years. Over the years, the case for his freedom has been supported by great human rights symbols, such as Nelson Mandela, John Lennon, the Dalai…
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Sioux-Lakota ban Governor Kristi Noem from entering Indian reservations
The news that six out of nine Lakota tribes in South Dakota have banned the Republican Governor of the state, Kristi Noem, from their reservations has caused a stir. The first tribal council to vote for the ban was the Pine Ridge Reservation, in early 2024.
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Nuclear tests and toxic waste on Indian reservations. The film ‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t tell it right
Since the development of nuclear power in the mid-20th century, Native American reservations have been subjected to thousands of tons of toxic nuclear waste, with dangerous consequences for health, the environment and tribal sovereignty. The disproportionate concentration of nuclear waste on Native lands is no coincidence. On the contrary, it reflects a targeted effort by…
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