Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 63)

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

Uncontacted Tribe in Brazil Missing After Drug Traffickers Invade Area

Barbara Fraser

August 10, 2011

The Brazilian government sent security forces to a remote area near the border with Peru after armed men attacked a guard post set up to protect indigenous people living in isolati...

Mapuche Students Fight for an Indigenous University in Chile

Rick Kearns

August 10, 2011

Mapuche students in Chile have brought the issue of a Mapuche University with a focus on indigenous knowledge and history to the attention of the entire nation, and garnered suppor...

Uncontacted Tribe in Brazil Missing

ICTMN Staff

August 09, 2011

An uncontacted Indian Tribe, that was first discovered earlier this year, has since vanished from the jungles of the Brazilian Amazon in which they lived according to the New York ...

Protecting Identity and Art: 17 Years of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Martha Troian

August 08, 2011

That someone will copy or even steal an idea is something most artists have to contend with. But with Indigenous artists, the risk may be even higher...

Asia Indigenous Hearing: McGovern Renews Call for More Active U.S. Embassies

Jerry Reynolds

August 02, 2011

Confronted with testimony of yet another vast continent’s atrocities against Indigenous Peoples, Rep. James McGovern again resorted to the potential role of U.S...

Musical Ensemble Forestare Debuts Tribute to Mapuche Resistance

ICTMN Staff

August 01, 2011

Twelve guitars, two basses, a blend of contemporary and historical themes, topped off by a sampling of Native American food...

How to Cook Kangaroo Tail

ICTMN Staff

August 01, 2011

A kangaroo has less than 2 percent body fat and if hamburgers were made of kangaroo meat instead of beef, it would cut down on greenhouse emissions...

Faces of Ecuador Pt. 4

ICTMN Staff

August 01, 2011

Nomadic Samuel’s slideshow entitled “Ecuadorian People (Faces of Ecuador)” continues in the final part of this 4 part series.

Indigenous Rights Programme in Southern Africa Announced to Mixed Reactions

Linda Daniels

July 28, 2011

A new Indigenous Rights Programme aimed at advancing the rights of indigenous and local people in Southern Africa has attracted mixed reaction from the very people it intends to re...