Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 18)

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

The last time carbon dioxide was at this level in Mother...

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

The sun and moon are at it again, and this time, like last...

Peruvian Official Resigns Following Indigenous Consultation Disputes

A top Peruvian government official responsible for...

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

First the big dipper drifts into view, then the stars...

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

The Taíno were the first to greet Christopher Columbus when...

President Morales Expels USAID on Charges of Interference

For the second time since 2008, Bolivian President Evo...

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World News

Indigenous Plaintiffs Score Two Victories in Battle Against Chevron

Rick Kearns

October 24, 2012

Indigenous and rural plaintiffs from Lago Agrio, Ecuador have won two battles recently in their efforts to sue the U.S...

Firebrand Ex-Chief Accuses Canada of Extermination and Genocide as First Nations Chiefs Disagree

David P. Ball

October 23, 2012

A controversial former band leader from Manitoba who vied for the National Chief spot at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) last summer may have accomplished what no amount of neg...

Gallery: Canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha

Julianne Jennings

October 22, 2012

Thousands of spectators, many wearing flowered lei, feathered headdresses and traditional attire, and others carryin

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: Someone We Can Call Our Own

Julianne Jennings

October 22, 2012

Thousands of spectators, many wearing flowered lei, feathered headdresses and traditional attire, and others carrying banners and flags assembled at Piazza San Pietro as Pope Bened...

Turtle Island Catholics Witness Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha's Elevation to Sainthood

ICTMN Staff

October 21, 2012

More than 2,000 Mohawks and other indigenous from Turtle Island gathered in Rome to witness the canonization today of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, who lived and died 300 years ago bu...

Turtle Island Indigenous Flock to Vatican to Witness Kateri Tekakwitha’s Canonization

ICTMN Staff

October 21, 2012

From Nova Scotia to British Columbia, and from Mohawk communities in the Northeast to the Yakama in Washington state, First Nations citizens and American Indians streamed to the Va...

White House Delegation to Vatican Includes Mohawk Nun Who Brought Kateri Tekakwitha Miracle

ICTMN Staff

October 21, 2012

A Mohawk nun is part of a Presidential delegation attending the canonization mass of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha and Blessed Marianne Cope at the Vatican in Rome...

Vatican’s Canonization Ceremony for Kateri Tekakwitha Today

ICTMN Staff

October 21, 2012

For those familiar with canonization, today’s ceremony may look different than those they’ve seen in the past...

Organizers Begin Planning for World Indigenous Conference; UN General Assembly to Host

Jenni Monet

October 20, 2012

It’s an event not expected to unravel for another two years, but organizers of the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples say the clock is ticking...