Intercontinental Cry is dedicated to keeping you informed about the most pressing and under-reported struggles in the world today.

Intercontinental Cry is a free online magazine that provides news, videos, and urgent action alerts centered on Indigenous People and their struggles around the world to reclaim their lands, defend their traditions, enact their rights, and to quite literally survive.

The website is frequently updated with articles that you won’t find anywhere else, least of all in the corporate news. New videos are also added every Saturday, and a monthly news roundup called Underreported Indigenous Struggles is put together at the end of each month.

How is the website payed for?

Intercontinental Cry receives no official sources of funding. Its existence depends entirely on donations from its readers and anyone who supports independent journalism. See this page for details on how you can help.

Who’s behind Intercontinental Cry?

Intercontinental Cry is maintained by John “Ahniwanika” Schertow.

A Two-Spirit of Haudenosaunee and European descent, Ahni is a writer, painter, musician, sculptor, poet and self-taught web-designer.

Based in Winnipeg, Ahni’s had his paintings, articles, and poetry featured in Serendipity, the Adagio Review, Swerve Magazine, Upside Down World, Activist Magazine, Toward Freedom, the Dominion, and Poets against the War.

He is also the webmaster for The Oneidas for Democracy.

A message from Ahni

When I started this website, my aim was to fill a chasm that I had observed on the internet. At the time, I was visiting dozens of websites every day to keep myself informed about what was happening to Indigenous People around the world. It was exhausting.

On top of that, no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t find any single website that was truly dedicated to reporting on Global Indigenous Struggles. There was a few that came close, like upsidedownworld, but most websites and new agencies only ever picked up on the issues that offer a chance to promoted their work and validate their beliefs.

Intercontinental Cry was my response to this.

The site has gone through several major changes since it began. At first it was a forum where anyone could contribute news, but after talking with Ben Melancon of agaric.com and Dru Oja Jay, editor of the Dominion Paper in late 2006/early 2007, I was convinced that it should become a blog.

I was also acting like a bit of a copy machine at the time. Midway through 2007 the lazy habit sparked some ire in the editor of the Bangkok Post, who threatened to sue me if I didn’t take down his article; and also in Stephen Leahy, the international science and environment correspondent for IPS News.

I had a good laugh over the threat, but Stephen took a more human approach with me, that ultimately made Intercontinental Cry into what you see today. He simply suggested that I say something “original.”

Since then I have been doing just that. It’s been quite a challenge for me, since I have “learning disabilities” and no formal training or education beyond a GED. Although, you could say this website has acted like a school, because it is here that I have learned (and continue learning)how to write. I’ve come pretty far, I think.

Providing this old computer doesn’t cut out on me, and that I can get enough donations to keep the website alive, I will continue striving to become a better writer and to keep both you and me informed about the most pressing and under-reported struggles in the world today: the struggles of Indigenous, land-based Peoples.