Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 54)

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

Modern Day Maori Warriors Help New Zealand Capture World Cup in Rugby

ICTMN Staff

November 25, 2011

More than 61,000 fans stuffed New Zealand’s Eden Park stadium on October 23 for the Rugby World Cup Final between the home nation and France...

Brazil: Guarani Leader Slain by Masked Gunmen

Bill Weinberg

November 21, 2011

A hit squad of some 40 masked gunmen on November 18 executed a cacique or traditional leader of Brazil’s Kaiowa-Guarani people...

Legislative Bills, Turkish Business Could Help Tribal Economic Development

Vincent Schilling

November 15, 2011

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing on November 3 to discuss legislation that would spur economic activity and create jobs o...

Aboriginals Mark First Anniversary of Canada UNDRIP Signing

ICTMN Staff

November 13, 2011

November 12 marked the one-year anniversary of Canada's signing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and aboriginal and Canadian leaders ...

Paraguay’s Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Slowly Improving

ICTMN Staff

November 10, 2011

On a recent visit to Paraguay , Kyung-wha Kang, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted that the government has made progress to protect and respect Indigenous Peoples’...

Chief Raoni and Megaron Txucarramae in Paris talking about the Belo Monte Dam (Dominique Godrèche)

Hundreds of Indigenous Protest Belo Monte Dam, Brazilian Government Boycotts Talks

Barbara Fraser

November 10, 2011

UPDATED, NOVEMBER 10, 2011: A Brazilian court on November 9, ruled that indigenous communities do not have the ri

Cave Paintings of Leopard-Spotted Horses Were True-to-Life

ICTMN Staff

November 09, 2011

Prehistoric painters were most likely not taking creative license when they illustrated leopard-spotted horses on the walls of a cave in Pech-Merle, France some 25,000 years ago, r...

Colombia's Cofán People Struggle Against Being Squeezed Out of Territory

Barbara Fraser

November 08, 2011

In a case reminiscent of the movie Avatar, a tree symbolic to the Cofán people of southern Colombia is threatened by construction of a military base...