The breathtaking hypocrisy of the howls for “rule of law”
Last October, an international celebration occurred in the verdant coastal community of Bella Bella, BC. Members of the Heiltsuk Nation finally opened their Gvakva’aus Hailzaqv, their Big House, a red and yellow cedar structure that is the centre of their governance and ceremonial life. Christian missionaries destroyed the last Big House 120 years ago, the […]
Thinking like Australia's first nations people would change our view of some of our most intractable problems, says author and Deakin University academic Tyson Yunkaporta.
Mauna Kea is only latest thing they want to take, 'we will not give it to t
So far Hawaiians have managed to stop all efforts to begin construction through legal challenges and civil disobedience. Mauna Kea , also known as Mauna a Wakea
Meet a Blackfoot elder who worked for 20 years to showcase Writing-on-Stone
Áísínai’pi, home to the highest concentration of rock carvings and paintings on the Great Plains of North America, was designated as Alberta’s first World Heritage site in 25 years because of the Blackfoot stories that surround it
The rights of Indigenous Peoples are key to saving our global ecosystems
Indigenous Peoples have been protecting biodiversity on Earth for thousands of years. Yet their rights are increasingly being eroded and they face multiple thre
I’m Dreaming About a Modern World That Doesn’t Erase Its Indigenous Intelli
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Indigenous movement calls for international support to prevent genocide in
BRAZIL’S indigenous population issued an urgent appeal for international solidarity today to avert a genocide as they try to assert their social and cultural rights.Community leaders warned that far-right racists have stepped up attacks on indigenous groups following the election of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has claimed that Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement and other minority rights organisations are “terrorists.”
Canada's Stonehenge older than many great spirit sites of the world
The Majorville Medicine Wheel, a sacred First Nations site that has been left largely intact in Alberta, is one of the oldest man-made structures you can visit in C…
Meet the trailblazing Native American leading a surge in voter activism
Denise Juneau of Montana, who is running to become the first Native American woman in Congress, faces an uphill battle – but ‘underdog is where I like to be’
'At last': Kenbi land returned to Aboriginal owners after 37-year fight | A
Malcolm Turnbull acknowledges ‘hard-fought land rights battle’ as the title deeds to 55,000 hectares of land across from Darwin harbour are handed back to traditional owners
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