Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 28)

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

Canada, U.S. and New Zealand Indigenous Groups to Start an Aboriginal-Owned Chartered Bank in Canada

Ralph Richardson

July 26, 2012

A document historic in the realm of Native American and First Nations finance was signed in Winnipeg, Canada on July 17...

Greenland Turns to Slush as NASA Watches

ICTMN Staff

July 25, 2012

Greenland nearly melted earlier this month, when over the course of just a few days, 97 percent of the surface area of its entire ice cover defrosted to at least some degree, scien...

Watch This Whale Shark Sucking Fish Through Hole in Net

ICTMN Staff

July 25, 2012

The intersection of humans and marine life is sometimes symbiotic, as seen in this video of a whale shark sucking fish through a hole in the net the way a kid sucks powdered-sugar ...

Pacific Indigenous Leaders Meet in Washington D.C. to Discuss Adapting to Climate Change

ICTMN Staff

July 25, 2012

Among indigenous cultures being affected by climate change, coastal communities are in the lead...

Indigenous South African Community Mourns Loss of Leader

Linda Daniels

July 24, 2012

The Indigenous Khoisan community of southern Africa is still in shock after the recent death of the Khomani San leader Oom Dawid Kruiper, known as The Lion of the Kalahari...

Indigenous Nationalities and the Mestizo Dilemma

Duane Champagne

July 24, 2012

Mestizo. Métis . Mixed bloods. Though clearly different, all these terms are used to racially classify people with Indian ancestry...

Doomsday All Over Again? Second ‘End Date’ Reference Discovered in Mayan Text

ICTMN Staff

July 23, 2012

Recently a second Mayan text has been found that reveals an “end date,” for the Mayan calendar, but don’t schedule your doomsday party just yet...

Indigenous Peoples Rock the International AIDS 2012 Conference

Jessica Danforth

July 20, 2012

Jessica Danforth (Courtesy of the Girls Action Foundation) Indigenous peoples around the world are representing with strength and pride during the 19th (XIX) International AIDS Con...

Snip, Snip: Piranha Used as Scissors in This Nail-Biting Video

ICTMN Staff

July 19, 2012

The piranha is a notorious eater of humans and anything else it can sink its teeth into...

Greenland's Petermann Glacier Sheds 46-Square-Mile Chunk Into Arctic Ocean

ICTMN Staff

July 18, 2012

The long-predicted latest break in Greenland’s Petermann Glacier has finally come to pass, with an ice chunk the size of two Manhattan Islands shearing off into the ocean on Monday...