Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 2)

Global Indigenous Women's Caucus Meeting Sets Priorities for UNPFII

The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus focused on the...

Canada Takes Helm of Arctic Council With First Indigenous Leader

With prospectors set to descend upon the Arctic faster than...

Mapuche of Chile Continue Struggle for Land Rights; A Leader in Prison

Daniel Melinao used to draw water from a well on the land...

Mayan Pyramid Bulldozed for Road Fill in Belize

A construction company in Belize all but destroyed a Mayan...

Saginaw Grant and Other Natives in Hollywood Come Together for Idle No More PSA

This is a public service announcement made by JT Pro...

Ciudad Blanca, the Lost White City of Honduras, Possibly Found Under Rainforest

From the air it looks like a sea of green. But bounce some...

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World News

Climate Change: Mount Everest Is Melting

ICTMN Staff

May 14, 2013

In what may be the most glaring example of climate change yet, the glaciers atop iconic Mount Everest are melting...

Rios Montt Guilty of Genocide in Guatemala

Rick Kearns

May 13, 2013

On Friday, May 10 th , former Dictator and General Jose Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the murder, rape and displacement...

CO2 Has Arrived at Highest Level Since Before the First Peoples: NOAA

ICTMN Staff

May 10, 2013

The last time carbon dioxide was at this level in Mother Earth’s atmosphere, humans didn’t exist...

One Annular Sensation: Ring of Fire Eclipse Livestreaming From Australia—See it Right Here, Right Now

ICTMN Staff

May 09, 2013

The sun and moon are at it again, and this time, like last year over Indian country, the moon is putting a ring on it...

Kiribati Fishermen Rescued After Month Lost in Pacific

ICTMN Staff

May 08, 2013

After almost a month adrift in the Pacific, surviving on raw fish and rain water, two fishermen from Kiribati, an island nation in the central tropical Pacific Ocean, were rescued ...

Peruvian Official Resigns Following Indigenous Consultation Disputes

Barbara Fraser

May 07, 2013

A top Peruvian government official responsible for intercultural affairs has resigned because of disputes in the government over prior consultation of indigenous communities...

Indigenous Colombian Authorities Arrest and Sentence FARC Guerrillas

Rick Kearns

May 07, 2013

On Monday, April 29 th an indigenous council in Northern Colombia sentenced two members of the FARC guerrilla forces to 40 years of prison for the recent murder of eight indigenous...

Dancing With the Stars Over the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Mexico

ICTMN Staff

May 06, 2013

First the big dipper drifts into view, then the stars streak across the sky in time-lapse curves...

José Barreiro Bridges Two Realities and Two Worlds With Taíno: A Novel

Michelle Tirado

May 05, 2013

The Taíno were the first to greet Christopher Columbus when he arrived in 1492 and were thus some of the earliest Indigenous Peoples to be decimated by colonization...

President Morales Expels USAID on Charges of Interference

Rick Kearns

May 03, 2013

For the second time since 2008, Bolivian President Evo Morales has said he would expel the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), charging the agency with “pol...