Indigenous Rights

Ukraine war: Global fertiliser crunch pressures Brazil’s Amazon
Brazil agribusiness is keen to mine for potassium in resource-rich Amazon region, but Indigenous fear negative effects.
Published On 16 May 2022
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The Hopi farmer championing Indigenous agricultural knowledge
How millennia of Native American land practices can provide valuable lessons for growing food and sustaining the Earth.
Published On 15 May 2022
Pope to visit Canada in July to meet residential school survivors
Visit from July 24 to 30 comes after Pope Francis apologised for Catholic Church’s role in abuse of Indigenous children.
Published On 13 May 2022
US gov’t: At least 53 burial sites at Indigenous boarding schools
Boarding schools were part of a policy to sever cultural traditions and take land from Indigenous people, report finds.
Published On 11 May 2022

Indigenous women and girls face disproportionate rates of violence in both countries and advocates say action is needed.

How one Indigenous woman took the issue of Canada’s Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls to the pope in Rome.

Sarah Eagle Heart, storyteller and award-winning producer, wants to heal her people through telling Indigenous stories.

‘Satellite images leave no doubt that Indigenous peoples are slowing the destruction of the Amazon,’ researcher says.

Left-wing former leader backs Indigenous peoples opposed to President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to exploit the Amazon.

Report accuses illegal miners of committing rape, other acts of violence in Indigenous communities in Brazilian Amazon.

Brazilian Amazon sees 64 percent jump in deforestation in first three months of 2022 compared with a year earlier.

Brandi Morin accompanied Indigenous survivors of Canada’s church-run residential schools as they went to the Vatican.

Indigenous people gathered in Brasilia for a 10-day protest camp demanding better protection for their land and rights.

Indigenous leaders in Canada say Catholic Church must take concrete action to support survivors and prevent more harm.

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