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With the Indian hospitals settlement now accepting claims for compensation, Dr. Maureen Lux joins host Brittany Guyot this week on APTN Investigates Retrospe...

The snow fell softly over Vancouver that morning, catching in the cedar boughs outside the Indigenous Justice Centre. Inside, a young man sat with his hands folded tightly in his lap, his knee bouncing nervously. At nineteen, Andrew had never imagined he'd find himself here charged, scared, and staring down a system that too often

The funding will “help build lasting and generational change that Tribal communities need to stay resilient,” said Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

From Māori in New Zealand to Inuit in Canada, Indigenous people around the world are reviving traditional tattoos and facial markings, after they had been stigmatized by the lasting effects of western-led colonialism.

Nearly 1,000 members of tribes across Brazil are camped in the country’s capital to defend land rights currently under legislative review in Congress and the Supreme Court.

"I think it's important we continue dancing not only for mental health, but for the healing prayers."

The effort is seen as a way to revitalize Shoshone culture and create a more cohesive community.

Deforestation, loss of biodiversity and expansion of large-scale industrial development are related to pandemics, Indigenous leaders say.

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 […]

“They’re paying with their lives,” a human rights activist says about indigenous groups trying to protect the rainforest from mining and agribusiness.

All over the world today, Indigenous peoples are confronting the destructive practices of industry.

Private land ownership isn’t a solution to Native American poverty.

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’

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