Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 6)

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

Studying the Effects of Indigenous San Drop Out Rates in South Africa

Linda Daniels

March 31, 2013

Poverty and feeling left out of the dominant culture has seen record numbers of the indigenous San drop out of the formal schooling system in Southern Africa...

Smithsonian Forums on the Living Indigenous Legacies of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Rick Kearns

March 29, 2013

The Taino presence in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico can be found in the people and the cultures according to scholars conducting research in both places...

Panda-Harper Memes Fly as Prime Minister Jets to Toronto Instead of Greeting Nishiyuu Walkers

ICTMN Staff

March 27, 2013

As the Nishiyuu walkers basked in the glow of their triumphant arrival in Ottawa after a 900-mile snowshoe trek from remote Whapmagoostui, Quebec, on March 26, the memes started fl...

Guatemalan Mayan Community Seeks International Help for Protection

Rick Kearns

March 26, 2013

The Maya Q’eqchi Agua Caliente community of Guatemala, some of whose members have been killed, threatened and tortured while trying to defend their territory from a mining company,...

Be It "Panda-ring" or "Panda-monium," Stephen Harper Welcomes Iconic Chinese Bears for 10-Year Stay

ICTMN Staff

March 25, 2013

Debate swirls over the piping of bituminous crude through pristine aboriginal territory to the British Columbia coast, destined for China...

Germany's Obsession With American Indians Is Touching—And Occasionally Surreal

Red Haircrow

March 23, 2013

Jürgen Michaelis, who lives near Dresden, was standing in front of the small, improvised tipi he keeps in his back garden, wearing a homemade deerskin suit and a matted black wig t...

Chinua Achebe, Nigerian Author of Iconic Novel Condemning Colonialism in Africa, Walks On at Age 82

ICTMN Staff

March 23, 2013

Chinua Achebe, author of the iconic novel that changed perceptions about indigenous culture by portraying colonialism from an African viewpoint, has died at age 82...

Chile's Crimson Shore Under Investigation

ICTMN Staff

March 23, 2013

Thousands of dead prawns washed ashore along with hundreds of dead crabs, blanketing the beaches of southern Chile in crimson...

Indigenous Russian Delegation Shares Concerns at Akwesasne

ICTMN Staff

March 20, 2013

A delegation of six indigenous leaders from the Russian Far East visited the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe at Akwesasne Territory in February to discuss issues concerning the environmen...