Matthew Brown
Matthew Brown is an author at Religion News Service.
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Man pleads guilty in eagle ‘killing spree’ on reservation to sell feathers on black market
By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson — March 20, 2024
(AP) – Branson and a second defendant, Simon Paul, killed approximately 3,600 birds, including eagles on the Flathead reservation and elsewhere, according to the indictment.
Man to plead guilty in ‘killing spree’ of eagles and other birds for feathers prized by tribes
By Matthew Brown — February 28, 2024
(AP) — Federal officials have not said how many eagles were killed or what other kinds of birds were involved in the scheme, which they say began in 2015 and continued until 2021.
Montana acts to protect Native American priority in adopting Native children
By Matthew Brown — May 24, 2023
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — It's a proactive move to protect such rights as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could undercut them nationally.
US tribes get bison as they seek to restore bond with animal
By Thomas Peipert and Matthew Brown — March 17, 2023
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — About a half-dozen of the animals from Colorado will form the nucleus of a new herd for the Yuchi people south of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Native Americans recall torture, hatred at boarding schools
By Matthew Brown — October 17, 2022
MISSION, S.D. (AP) — “I thought there was no God, just torture and hatred,” Rosalie Whirlwind Soldier testified during a Saturday event.
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