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Namibia: Indigenous Semi-Nomadic Himba And Zemba March In Protest Against Dam, Mining And Human Rights Violations

Namibia, 23 Nov 2012: Hundreds of semi-nomadic Himba from Omuhonga and Epupa region marched today from their villages to... Read More

Flooding Hope: Displacement Politics by the Province towards Lake St. Martin First Nation

Lake St. Martin First Nation is an Anishinaabe community situated in the Interlake region of Manitoba, Canada. In May... Read More

“Until the sun stops rising” Interview with Salvadoran Indigenous leader Shandur Kuátzin Makwilkali

“This is not Cabañas,” said Shandur Kuátzin Makwilkali, gesturing around the room and out the window at the wooded... Read More

Chile’s Most Wanted

Branded a ‘terrorist’ at an early age by the government of Chile, Pascual Pichun is a man on a... Read More

Native and non-Native Fishers join Lummi Nation in opposing proposed coal terminal at Cherry Point

LUMMI INDIAN RESERVATION, BELLINGHAM, Wash.—A fleet of boats piloted by Native and non-Native fishers gathered today in the waters... Read More

Anuak Demand Accountability from World Bank for Contributing to Human Rights Abuses

Indigenous Peoples in Southwest Ethiopia have implicated the World Bank in grave human rights abuses that are being carried... Read More

Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Demand Repeal of ‘Anti-Indian’ Decree

Indigenous Peoples throughout Brazil are mobilizing to repeal a dangerous new “anti-indian” law that decimates indigenous rights to land... Read More

Nagri Peoples Fight for Identity and Existence

When IndiaUnheard called Ranchi Community Correspondent Priyasheela to speak to her about her video that chronicles the land struggle... Read More

Mapuche activists enter fifth week of ‘open-ended’ hunger strike

CHILE — Five Mapuche activists are entering the fifth week of an “open-ended” hunger strike at Angol Detention Center... Read More

US Company Withdraws Sustainability Application for Oil Palm Plantation in Cameroon

Herakles Farms, a subsidiary of the New York-based investment firm Herakles Capital, has withdrawn its application to join the... Read More

The Herakles Debacle

From its very name, American-owned SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon, Ltd. (SGSOC) presents a pro-environment, pro-resources image. This is supported... Read More

Paraguay: Peasant Groups trying to seize Kue Tuvy Aché lands

The Aché community of Kue Tuvy reports that peasant groups are now attempting to seize portions of their ancestral... Read More

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Not to mention the fact that Indigenous Peoples have specific needs that settler populations generally do not posses, like requiring access to specific land areas to maintain culture, language, the...
It's true in a sense--we're all indigenous to somewhere--however, there are fundamental differences between populations who identify as "indigenous" and those who no longer follow a traditional way of life....
There is a need to recognize that all people are indigenous to this planet. We are one human race beholden to the mother that nurtures us. We must unite under...
Well, I think, unfortunately, passive complaints of PM Harper selling our land & water for basically nothing, are getting nowhere. Time to move up the ladder of complaining. Watch your...
It is instructive to see how mental, spiritual and physical health coincide in the indigenous philosophy, while the progressive view remains trapped in a treatment rather than preventive mode. It...
Kia ora, I would like to say unless they, ( those who say no more Full- Blooded Maori), know the whakapapa of every single Maori in Aotearoa, they should just...
Mohawk??I stand and prepared to back my people at any and all cost...
I have worked with, lived with, and been around Copala Triquis for the past 12 years, and have researched extensively the political oppression in teh region - ever since the...

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