Indigenous peoples

by: Robert Dela Peña and Genevieve Balance Kupang In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals) and the National Cultural Heritage Act…

The “United States Parole Commission” by July 1, 2024 will decide whether to grant Leonard Peltier “parole.” Leonard Peltier, who is seriously ill, will be 80 years old in a few months, 48 of which he spent in prison as…

An essential element of a dynamic society, culture is expressed in the way it tells stories, which corresponds to the roots of a century-old and venerable tree, which “tethers” a people and gives them a solid, fixed anchor, and celebrations…

Founded in 1968, IWGIA is a global human rights organisation dedicated to promoting and defending the rights of Indigenous peoples. Every year they publish a book, available free of charge in Spanish and English, in which they inform us about…

Women and Indigenous peoples in several regions of Bolivia are resisting land seizures, deforestation, and the extraction of natural resources that affect their livelihoods, while the authorities are conspicuous by their absence to support the defense of their rights. By…

Now more than ever” is the theme of National Reconciliation Week in Australia, which runs from 27 May to 3 June. A wide range of activities, including Indigenous art exhibitions, Aboriginal site walks with lessons in natural medicine, panel discussions,…

Fighter for peace, defender of indigenous peoples, President of the Participatory Indigenous Consultative Council of the Republic of Argentina, lover of dialogue, declared apolitical, co-author with Araceli Maldonado of his biography “Qarashe. A fighter for his people and for the…

The Coronado Inalef community is resisting eviction from its ancestral lands in El Bolsón. The granddaughters and daughters of Sara Inalef, a 93-year-old Mapuche weaver and acknowledged master of the art of weaving, are resisting eviction from the territory in…

At the onset of the Holy Ramadan month, Muslims all over the world were busy with fasting rituals, and the global protest against the occupation of Balochistan on 27 March 1948 was not heard across the globe. Balochistan, for 76…

On the eighth anniversary of her seed, this 2 March marks the eighth anniversary of the brutal assassination of Berta Cáceres, indigenous leader, social fighter, defender, and much more. Today we remember her struggle, her life, her commitment, her ability…