Indigenous and Aboriginal News from Around the World (Page 75)

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

Indigenous Voices Rise in Cancun Climate Talks

ICTMN Staff

December 08, 2010

First Peoples' Festival Featured Indigenous Culture in a Cityscape

Gale Courey Toensing

August 18, 2010

MONTREAL—The Montreal First Peoples’ Festival—the city’s signature celebration of indigenous peoples’ art, history and cultures—took place in a brand new outdoor festival space tha...

Christian ‘Doctrine’ Fueled Dehumanization: UNPFII Report

Valerie Taliman

May 10, 2010

NEW YORK – A groundbreaking report examining the roots of Christian domination over indigenous peoples and their lands was released this week at the united nations Permanent Forum ...

Oglala Lakota Traveler Sees ‘Deep Parallels’ in Palestine

Gale Courey Toensing

February 03, 2010

An activist who traveled to Egypt on Christmas Day to participate in the Gaza Freedom March took along a case of Tanka Bars, hoping to distribute them to undernourished children in...

International Solidarity Protests Against Peruvian Forest Laws

Rick Kearns

June 10, 2009

Thousands of demonstrators on two continents have joined the struggle to defend the rights of indigenous peoples in Peru, who have been staging road and pipeline blockades for more...

An Olympic Opportunity for Declaration

ICTMN Staff

April 23, 2008

Facing international and internal pressure, the Canadian Parliament on April 8 voted to endorse the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples...

Morales to Open Seventh Seventh Session of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Gale Courey Toensing

April 23, 2008

Forum to focus on climate change More than 2,500 representatives of the world’s 370 million indigenous people gathered in New York for the seventh session of the United Nations Per...

Endorsing Their Rights: Canadian Parliament Passes UN Declaration Resolution

Gale Courey Toensing

April 23, 2008

The Canadian Parliament has endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by a majority vote – an action that was lauded by indigenous peoples’ organi...

2007 Victory: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Adopted

Gale Courey Toensing

December 26, 2007

On Sept. 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with 143 member states voting for it and 11 abstaining...

United Nations Approves Indigenous Declaration

Valerie Taliman

September 14, 2007

After three decades of drafts, deliberations and delays, the United Nations General Assembly voted on September 13 to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples...