Green News Cheap chicken in Europe is fuelling crime and human rights abuses: NGO Indigenous people are being killed on land where soy is grown to feed chicken sold in Europe, says NGO Earthsight. 05/07/2022
no comment Indigenous protesters gather at university in Quito over night after protest Ecuador's Indigenous demonstrators gather at Central University in Quito to spend the night, where many are using it as a place of accommodation during the protest period. 22/06/2022
Brazil Brazil police find two bodies in search for missing Amazon pair British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian expert Bruno Pereira were last seen 5 June. 16/06/2022
Finland UN finds Finland violated political rights of indigenous Sámi people The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been looking into the sensitive issue about who is eligible to be included on the Sámi electoral roll. 15/06/2022
Green News Amazon groups offered mediation in supermarket deforestation row It is the first time a French supermarket chain has been taken to court over deforestation and the loss of land and livelihood. 10/06/2022
See 3D imaging reveals biggest ever example of North American cave art The new technology allows historians to view artworks previously invisible to the human eye etched into thin layers of mud. 04/05/2022
See Sámi culture represented for first time at Venice Biennale The Sámi Pavilion comes at a critical juncture, with Truth and Reconciliation Commissions addressing Nordic colonialism underway in Norway and Finland. 16/04/2022
no comment Brazil: Thousands of indigenous people demonstrate for their land rights Thousands of indigenous people are demonstrating in Brasilia to oppose mining and oil exploration in their reserves. 07/04/2022
Canada Pope apologises for 'deplorable' abuse of Canadian indigenous people More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to attend Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s. 01/04/2022
Greenland Teenage boys in Greenland learn to become entrepreneurs An after-school class in entrepreneurship is bringing new opportunities to teenage boys in Greenland and giving them the chance to run their own micro-businesses. 22/03/2022
Nature Why the plan to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 is fatally flawed This is why we should be moving towards community-based conservation models. 15/03/2022
no comment Cholita wrestlers fight racism in Bolivia Young women dressed in billowing skirts and long braided hair take to the wrestling ring to fight anti-Indigenous racism in Bolivia. 14/03/2022
Green News Thousands protest against Bolsonaro's anti-environment bills in Brazil "Brazil is at a crossroads. Amazon deforestation is out of control, violence against Indigenous people has increased." 10/03/2022
Denmark Danish PM apologises to six children over 1950s social experiment 22 Greenlandic children were brought to Denmark in 1951 for a "better life" but instead suffered away from their families. 09/03/2022
Travel News Australia finally embraces its Indigenous place names As Australia's borders finally reopen, is the country ready to embrace its Indigenous place names? 07/03/2022
Scenes Meet the cholita skateboarders breaking down stereotypes in Bolivia "These clothes are not a costume. This is an identity. This is what makes them cholitas and they are proud of that." 07/02/2022
Nature Avocados are bringing ‘violence and blood’ to this Mexican town The people of this Mexican town took matters into their own hands to protect their land from avocado growers. 02/02/2022
Australia Demonstrators march for Indigenous rights on 'Australia Day' Protesters gather across the country as part of annual Indigenous rights protests held on a national holiday that marks the arrival of the first British colonial troops in 1788. 26/01/2022
Culture news Peru's Mochica man thrills onlookers with his giant ceramic phallus The statue is three metres tall and has a phallus measuring a whopping 1.5 metres in length. 05/01/2022
Travel News 1500 languages could be lost by the end of the century, says new study What does that mean for Indigenous populations around the world? 20/12/2021
no comment Panama: Indigenous people compete to preserve traditional way of life Climaco Dogirama says he wanted to honour his grandfather when he took part in the spear-throwing competition at Panama's Indigenous Ancestral Games, which seek to preserve age-old customs. 18/12/2021
Nature Colombian farmers take on David vs. Goliath fight to stop gold mining Colombia’s land and communities are under threat from companies looking to extract precious metals. 08/12/2021
no comment Dakar carnival highlights cultures of Senegal Hundreds of people from several Senegalese ethnic groups parade through the streets of the capital for the second edition of the Grand Carnaval de Dakar. 28/11/2021
no comment Venezuelan indigenous facing difficult conditions Guyana is home to an estimated 24,500 refugees and migrants from Venezuela, including some 2,500 indigenous Warao. Some have settled in hard-to-reach areas near the Venezuelan border and others in or around the towns of Mabaruma and Port Kaituma. 27/11/2021
Greenland Greenlanders seek compensation from Denmark over colonial experiment Seven decades after a traumatic social experiment, indigenous Greenlanders who were removed from their families and taken to Denmark as children are demanding compensation. 23/11/2021
Green News Beef and coffee to be certified ‘deforestation-free’ under new EU law The EU has unveiled a major new proposal to fight deforestation with import bans on some commodities. Is it ambitious enough? 18/11/2021
