Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 69)

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

My Walk With Walker

Hans Tammemagi

May 20, 2011

Hot, dry air fills my lungs as I drive along a dirt road over a gently rolling landscape of vegetation bleached to muted greens and yellows by a sun that pulls nearly every bit of ...

Polarizing Presidential Election in Peru Has Implications for Indigenous

Annie Murphy

May 18, 2011

Peru’s economy has been thriving for the past decade, with growth reaching an estimated nine percent last year...

Soaring Spirit: Flying Eagle Woman Fund to Award Women Leaders in Indigenous Peace and Development

Rick Kearns

May 17, 2011

For important contributions on behalf of indigenous communities throughout the world, the Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Flying Eagle Woman Fund (FEWF) is honoring three distinguished...

Ban Ki-moon Addresses Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

ICTMN Staff

May 17, 2011

Ban Ki-moon made the following remarks to open United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, May 16...

Statement of the Global Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus to UNPFII-10

ICTMN Staff

May 17, 2011

The following statement was delivered to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Tenth Session by Ghazali Ohorella, from Maluku, between the Philippines and Austral...

Navajos Appeal to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over Proposed Uranium Mining

ICTMN Staff

May 16, 2011

The Eastern Navajo Diné is appealing to the international community to stop uranium mining in the Navajo villages of Church Rock and Crownpoint, New Mexico, attorneys for the tribe...

Permanent Forum Begins

ICTMN Staff

May 16, 2011

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is underway in New York, New York as it looks to address the implementation of Forum recommendations on economic and social ...

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: 10 Years of a Powerful Message

Valerie Taliman

May 16, 2011

When indigenous leaders first visited the United Nations offices in Geneva, Switzerland in 1977, they were seeking justice and a fair forum for the many treaty and human-rights vio...

Ice Melt

ICTMN Staff

May 15, 2011

Attendees of the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Nuuk, Greenland, received sobering news about temperature rises in the region at the release of the Arctic Monitoring and Ass...