Are Western Conservation Efforts Causing Famine In Africa?

Rebecca Adamson
September 22, 2011
Reprinted with permissions from AlterNet ...

The Bolivia Genocide Case: Ex-regime figures convicted, US shelters top fugitive

Bill Weinberg
September 15, 2011
Bolivia’s Supreme Court of Justice on August 30 convicted seven former officials on charges of genocide—five military officers and two ex-cabinet ministers...

Wikileaks: UN Declaration Raised US Fears Over Indigenous Land Rights, Sovereignty, Anti-Free Market Movements

Gale Courey Toensing
September 13, 2011
The United States apparently feared that the U.N...

Dealing with Climate Change: The Effects on Colombia’s Indigenous Livelihood

Maria Clara Valencia
September 14, 2011

For years, leaders of indigenous communities in Colombia have been warning about how the historic misuse of nature th

Bangladesh Government Looking to Drop ‘Indigenous Peoples’ for ‘Ethnic Minorities’

ICTMN Staff
September 13, 2011
Government officials in Bangladesh have come to a cross roads with the latest move by the current government to possibly remove the word “indigenous” from official documents in rel...

British Auction House Pulls Aboriginal Stone

ICTMN Staff
September 08, 2011
A “Tjuringa,” a delicately etched flat stone, recently up for auction through the Canterbury Auction Galleries was pulled August 7 after it’s inclusion caused outrage...

Indigenous Peoples Discuss Human Rights with European Parliament

ICTMN Staff
September 05, 2011
Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala and Colombia met with members of the European Parliament in June where they shared their concerns on human rights violations, labor rights and the i...

Fighting to Stay on Their Land: The Maya Q’Eqchi of Guatemala

Rick Kearns
August 30, 2011
One Mayan community in Guatemala is fighting for its right to stay on its own land, and they are looking for support from other Indigenous Peoples also...

One Small Step for Indigenouskind

Renzo Pipoli
August 25, 2011
The Peruvian Congress unanimously approved a law August 23 described by Amazon Native leaders as one rare, significant advance for the protection of Natives and their territories...

Controversy in Ethiopia Puts Indigenous Peoples in the Middle

Linda Daniels
August 24, 2011

A tug of war between the Ethiopian government and human rights activists has spurred a tense standoff between the two

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