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Upcoming conference to call attention to Indigenous Peoples in Caucasian-Caspian region
On May 8, the organizing committee of the “Indigenous Peoples of Caucasian-Caspian region” conference gathered in Nagorno-Karabakh to discuss the details of the upcoming conference (5-7 October, 2012) in...
Urgent Action Needed to Protect Ancient Marpole Village and Burial Site from Destruction
Musqueam Nation is calling on the British Colombia Government to protect the burials of Musqueam ancestors at the once great Musqueam village known as C?sna??m (commonly known as the...
Proposed mining project threatens O’odham water, sacred sites in Arizona
Two Canadian mining companies are trying to obtain permits for two unrelated mining projects that threaten O'odham water resources and sacred sites in southern Arizona. Lori Riddle, Akimel O'odham...
Quechua People set for showdown with oil company on Rio Pastaza
Citing oil company abuses and broken government promises, indigenous Quechua people of the Pastaza River basin in Peru’s northern Amazon set a deadline that could soon bring them into direct...
Tribal leaders challenge Forest Service to protect native women’s rights
“Since 1941 most of our ceremonial sites have been buried beneath the still waters of Lake Shasta,” said Sisk. “We ask that the Forest Service grant us this one...
Chevron Lawyer Claims that Victims of Rainforest Contamination Are “Irrelevant”
On February 15th of this year, Doak Bishop, a lawyer representing the American oil giant Chevron, claimed that all 30,000 people affected by Chevron's 16 billion gallons of oil...
Diné and Hopi protest further dismantling of their basic right to water
All photos and reporting from the scene courtesy of Outta Your Backpack Media, a collective working for indigenous youth media empowerment; and Paper Rocket, an indigenous centered Navajo media...
Panama: Wounaan attacked by loggers for defending endangered Cocobolo trees
Two people have died and three others are injured following a confrontation (es) between indigenous peoples and loggers in Panama. The conflict began on March 30, when a group...
Appeal to Support the Ongoing Anti-nuclear Struggle in Koodankulam, South India
Ten days ago, on March 19, 2012, the National Indian government gave its approval for the first of two Russian-designed nuclear reactors at Koodankulam (Kudankulam) in the southern Indian...
Grassy Narrows marks 50 years of mercury poison
It is one of the most infamous cases of environmental racism in Canada's history. Fifty years ago this month, in 1962, Dryden Chemicals Ltd. quietly began funneling its mercury...
Philippines: Lumad communities set up blockades to resist relocation
Indigenous Lumad communities in South Cotabato have organized a set of blockades against an Australian-owned mining company that wants to relocate them to make way for a new copper-gold...
Canada isn’t living up to its Treaty obligations or its responsibilities to First Nations
The Canadian government is being reminded once again of its obligations to Indigenous Peoples in Canada and its failure to live up to the standards of the International Convention...
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