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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...

Indigenous Sights from the 2011 New York City Marathon

ICTMN Staff
November 07, 2011
It was a gloriously beautiful day for the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6th...

Iceberg Calving in Antarctica

ICTMN Staff
November 04, 2011
An 18-mile-long crack, 400 feet deep, has formed in the Antarctic ice, NASA reports...

Day of the Dead, Part IV: A Video Tour

ICTMN Staff
November 02, 2011
In our ongoing coverage of the Day of the Dead , a celebration traced back to the indigenous people of Mexico some 3,000 years ago, we've traveled all over the world ...

First Nations Trade Mission to China a Multicultural Celebration

ICTMN Staff
November 02, 2011
First Nations leaders from across Canada have returned from their weeklong trade trip to China flush with ideas and the promise of new relationships forged directly with the Asian ...

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

Patti Jo King
November 02, 2011
No doubt about it: Chester Nez is a true American hero...

Day of the Dead, Part III: Blending Traditions

ICTMN Staff
November 01, 2011
Day of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos began as a Mexican holiday —a mixture of indigenous and Catholic religious beliefs—as a way to honor family members who are no longer among th...

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