Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World

Cougar Repopulates Turtle Island

The name bestowed on the mighty killer cats of North and...

Hidden Amazon Wildfires Devour More Rainforest Than Logging: NASA

Hidden, low-undergrowth fires are taking a bigger toll on...

World Indigenous Conference: Melding Conservation and Land Rights

Conservation seems like a 100-percent great idea. Who...

What Lies Beneath: Digitally Denuded Antarctic Shows Land Mass Stripped of Ice

The sprawling land mass that is Antarctica—under all that...

Hupacasath First Nation Heads to Court Over Canada-China Treaty, Holds June 5 Day of Action

A small Vancouver Island First Nation is taking the federal...

Etsy Feather Controversy Goes International

A teepee-maker and self-styled defender of Native rights...

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Turtle Island Being Pulled Toward Europe by Tectonic Plate Activity

ICTMN Staff

June 18, 2013

All those centuries of wishing that Europeans had never come to Turtle Island may well be rendered moot—at least, in a couple of million years...

Summer Narwhal Hunt Confirmed for 2013

ICTMN Staff

June 14, 2013

The government of Canada has confirmed that a narwhal hunt will take place this summer...

Cougar Repopulates Turtle Island

ICTMN Staff

June 12, 2013

The name bestowed on the mighty killer cats of North and South America by the ancients was the puma, as they were known to the Incas...

International Indian Treaty Council: Full Rights for Indigenous Peoples

ICTMN Staff

June 10, 2013

The following is a letter titled “Intervention” presented by Roberto Borrero of the International Indian Treaty Council that was read during the United Nations Permanent Forum on I...

Indigenous Belo Monte Protestors Confront Brazilian Government Officials

Rick Kearns

June 09, 2013

"We did not bring wish lists. We are against dams...

Hidden Amazon Wildfires Devour More Rainforest Than Logging: NASA

ICTMN Staff

June 09, 2013

Hidden, low-undergrowth fires are taking a bigger toll on the southern Amazon jungle than logging, NASA has determined with an innovative use of satellite data that has yielded the...

Indigenous Protestors Wounded at Site of Disputed Land in Brazil

Rick Kearns

June 07, 2013

One indigenous man was killed and others wounded during a confrontation with police last week over disputed land that had been promised to the Terena people in the Matto Grosso do ...

World Indigenous Conference: Melding Conservation and Land Rights

Sara Shahriari

June 07, 2013

Conservation seems like a 100-percent great idea. Who wouldn't want to protect diverse natural areas from logging, over-hunting or environmental contamination?...

What Lies Beneath: Digitally Denuded Antarctic Shows Land Mass Stripped of Ice

ICTMN Staff

June 06, 2013

The sprawling land mass that is Antarctica—under all that ice, that is—has been unveiled, at least digitally...

Hupacasath First Nation Heads to Court Over Canada-China Treaty, Holds June 5 Day of Action

Wawmeesh Hamilton

June 05, 2013

A small Vancouver Island First Nation is taking the federal government to court in an effort to stall Canada's investment treaty with China because of an alleged lack of consultati...