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Fedex Field, home of the Washington's NFL team in Landover, Maryland, is seen from Air Force One,  2013.
Sports
Washington NFL team retires racial slur from its name and logo
A muddy river runs through a green landscape. On one side are trees and a dense forest; the other is bare.
The Amazon's carbon tipping point
‘Our wealth is the forest’: Indigenous tribes are the last best hope for the Amazon
X-ray conveyor belt with luggage.
Justice
She was arrested for carrying a suitcase lined with cocaine into Canada. Her court case changed the law.
A grizzly feeds on dead salmon at the end of their spawning run in a river in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. Hunting grizzlies was banned throughout the vast region late last year.
Environment
British Columbia has a flourishing grizzly bear tourism industry
Shannon Rivers protested President Donald Trump at a campaign-style rally in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Justice
‘This is our land’: Indigenous rights activists respond to white supremacist rhetoric
María de Jesús Patricio, center, during her campaign launch for president of Mexico
Global Politics
Mexico has its first indigenous woman candidate for president
Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline block a road near North Dakota's Standing Rock Reservation in October. The pipeline would cross historic Native land and pass under the Missouri River, the source of the local water supply.
Environment
It’s not just about a pipeline. Native activists say Dakota battle is their biggest stand in decades.
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Sioux Nation, leads his people to peacefully pray near a law enforcement barricade just outside of a Dakota Access pipeline construction site north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Oct. 29, 2016.
Conflict
#NoDAPL has momentum, but will it drive Native Americans to vote?
Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation
Education
Education and funding are critical issues facing native communities in the US
Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline
Justice
Protesters say mass arrests won’t stop their fight against a North Dakota oil pipeline
Standing Rock
Culture
The Standing Rock Sioux ‘know what they’re doing’ in North Dakota