By Mara Moldavan (CS Intern)

For centuries, the Crimean Tatars have lived on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, where their language, traditions, and history are closely tied to the land.

But since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, many Crimean Tatars have been forced into exile or now live under occupation. Their situation raises a question that Europe still struggles to answer: what does it mean for an Indigenous People to defend identity, continuity, and political belonging when access to their homeland is disrupted by occupation and war?

By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey) 

On March 9-19, 2026, women from around the world participated in this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 70) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and at nearby off-site UN-affiliated offices to address global inequities facing women and girls. 

By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois/French)

We are witnessing horrendous acts of violence and intimidation against Ukrainians meant to destabilize the State of Ukraine. Ukraine is home to a diversity of Peoples, including Indigenous Peoples such as the Crimean Tatar Peoples, Karaites, Krymchaks, and Gagauzes, Hutsuls, among others.