Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 7)

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

African Development Bank Addresses Indigenous Issues

ICTMN Staff

March 13, 2013

On February 12, the African Development Bank (ADB) hosted a forum to discuss how Indigenous Peoples’ rights and interests can be integrated into the bank’s policies and development...

Fewer Sharks to Land in Soup Pot, Thanks to New International Protections

ICTMN Staff

March 12, 2013

Conservationists are eagerly awaiting this week’s plenary vote on shark protections at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), after more than two thir...

Indigenous Latin Americans Mourn the Death of Hugo Chavez

Rick Kearns

March 12, 2013

For some indigenous people of Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez was someone they could count on and love and many indigenous Latin Americans expressed those same feelings last week...

The Risks of NGO Partnerships in Chilean Mining Towns

ICTMN Staff

March 12, 2013

The presence of Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) and other mining companies in the northern Chilean town of Copiap ó , and the subsequent demand for labor, is expected to increase the town’s...

Two Year Anniversary of Devastating Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown

ICTMN Staff

March 11, 2013

Two years ago today, Japan was hit with a devastating earthquake, which generated a tsunami, which swept away nearly 30,000 people and took out the nuclear power plant...

Tanzania Restricts Land Investments to Prevent Displacement of Africa's Indigenous

ICTMN Staff

March 11, 2013

As of January 2013, Tanzania will restrict the size of land that investors can lease for agricultural use, reported the Inter Press Service ...

Break Out Your Binoculars, or Not: Comet Pan-STARRS Gives Naked-Eye Sunset Show

ICTMN Staff

March 09, 2013

This weekend is the closest that comet Pan-STARRS gets to the sun, and it is predicted to glow brightly right above the western horizon just after our star sets on the evenings of ...

Study Shows Mother Earth Heading Toward Highest Temperatures in Human History by End Century

ICTMN Staff

March 09, 2013

Greenhouse gases and thus temperatures are skyrocketing and will most likely reach epic proportions by the year 2100, scientists at Oregon State University and Harvard University h...

Turtle Island's Bats Being Decimated by Fungus Most Likely Originating in Europe

ICTMN Staff

March 07, 2013

A fungal disease called white nose syndrome is racing through bat populations across Turtle Island and has killed millions of the tiny mammals, attacking them as they hibernate...

Banish Winter Storm Blues With These Photos of Magnified, Ethereally Delicate Snowflakes

ICTMN Staff

March 06, 2013

It is drummed into us as children that no two snowflakes are alike, and here to prove it is Russian master macro photographer Andrew Osokin, who has immortalized on film a number o...