Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 16)

Nobel Peace Laureates Urge Obama and Kerry to Nix Keystone XL

Firmly linking the Keystone XL pipeline with climate change...

Turtle Island Being Pulled Toward Europe by Tectonic Plate Activity

All those centuries of wishing that Europeans had never...

Summer Narwhal Hunt Confirmed for 2013

The government of Canada has confirmed that a narwhal hunt...

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...

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World News

Idle No More Support: Ojibwe Woman Embarks on 1,400-mile Journey to D.C.

David P. Ball

December 31, 2012

When Mishkomekinaak Ikwe learned about the Idle No More movement exploding across Canada, and Attawapiskat First Nation chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike – now on its 21st day –...

We Are All Related, Round Dancers Insist at Idle No More Event in Colorado

Carol Berry

December 30, 2012

Drumbeats echoed through an upscale Denver mall as at least 300 Round-dancing and singing Indian people showed their support for the Idle No More movement among First Nations peopl...

Palestinians Endorse Idle No More

Gale Courey Toensing

December 29, 2012

American Indians and Palestinians have supported each other’s struggle since at least the 1970s when the American Indian Movement hosted a delegation of leaders from the Palestinia...

New England’s Second Colonial Armed Conflict: King Philip’s War Remembered

Julianne Jennings

December 28, 2012

In 1668 and 1669, Metacom or King Philip, was given the name by the English after the classical Greek conqueror “for his ambitious and haughty spirit;” and the title “King” to exag...

2012’s Biggest Indian Country Surprises

Rob Capriccioso

December 28, 2012

From naughty politicians to a bevy of folks playing Indian to policy predicaments and beyond, Indian country had plenty of reasons to be perplexed in 2012...

Isolated No More: Idle No More and the United States

Robert Chanate

December 28, 2012

How different would life be for Native Peoples if more of our Nations had stood together in defense of our homelands in the past?...

Indian Activist/Elder Clyde Bellecourt Arrested After Idle No More Protest

Gale Courey Toensing

December 28, 2012

Clyde Bellecourt, a founder of the American Indian Movement, was arrested and detained for several hours on Christmas Eve after attending an Idle No More solidarity protest at a ma...

Idle No More Gaining Momentum and Forming Plan of Action

ICTMN Staff

December 27, 2012

International Human Rights Day was December 10 and marked the beginning of what has since become a stand of solidarity between Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island and allies kn...