![Bungin was created by the Bajau people who live there - a nomadic sea people who used the coral to support their homes [Ian Neubauer/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-bajau-are-knows-as-excellent-fishermen-and-free-divers.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The people of Bungin first settled in the area 200 years ago, building their homes on coral harvested from the sea.
Indigenous Rights
![The Holy Rosary Catholic Church on Pine Ridge Reservation; in 2012 a teacher at the adjacent Jesuit-sponsored school did not have his contract renewed after he violated a policy on maintaining appropriate boundaries with children. He was later accused of sexually assaulting children at another school [Stephen Starr/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image-2-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Why do so many Christian missionaries descend on the Native American reservation, and how do residents feel about them?
![Prolonged protests in 2016 and 2017 drew thousands of people who argued potential harm to their water supply outweighed any economic effects of shutting down the pipeline [File: Terray Sylvester/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dakota.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Native American tribes have asked a judge to stop the flow of oil as a legal battle rages over...
![Canada's federal police force, the RCMP, said it is investigating the fire at the fish plant as 'suspicious' [John Morris/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-17T194601Z_1356317703_RC2IKJ9VAU5D_RTRMADP_3_CANADA-INDIGENOUS-LOBSTER-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Indigenous fishers in Canada are asserting their right to fish for a ‘moderate livelihood’ outside...
![The Navajo Nation stretches 67,000 square kilometres (26,000 square miles) across Arizona, Utah and New Mexico [File: Mark Ralston/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_1SG29Q.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Ahead of US elections, Native Americans say they face numerous obstacles to registering and casting their ballots.
![Last month, Sipekne'katik First Nation launched a 'moderate livelihood' fishery, operating outside Canada's federally regulated fishing season [Ted Pritchard/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-09-22T025628Z_402896127_RC2E3J9G9WUT_RTRMADP_3_CANADA-INDIGENOUS-LOBSTER.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Mi’kmaw fishers in province of Nova Scotia say Ottawa must do more to protect their constitutional right to fish.
![Mexican media outlets have speculated that the statue may not be returned [Edgard Garrido/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-12T190549Z_1096343197_RC27HJ99FHLF_RTRMADP_3_GLOBAL-STATUES-MEXICO.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Authorities say it was taken away for restoration work but added it was also time for reflection on Columbus’s legacy.
![A woman smudges during a march in Montreal, Canada, to demand justice for Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who endured racist insults from hospital staff minutes before her death [Christinne Muschi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-03T200244Z_1825003005_RC28BJ9PPIVL_RTRMADP_3_GLOBAL-RACE-PROTESTS-MONTREAL.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
In Canada, Indigenous people react to the video of Joyce Echaquan being racially abused as she lay dying in hospital.
![Carol Dube (centre), the partner of Joyce Echaquan, broke down in tears multiple times on Friday as he spoke about her death [Screengrab via YouTube via CPAC]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Carol-Dube-Joyce-Echaquan.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Indigenous woman in Canadian province of Quebec died in hospital this week after staff hurled racist insults at her.
![Indigenous leaders across Canada have demanded concrete action to prevent a similar tragedy from taking place again [File: Stephane Mahe/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-10-07T232300Z_668178793_RC1CD4B72390_RTRMADP_3_CANADA-ELECTION.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Joyce Echaquan, a Atikamekw mother of seven, died in hospital north of Montreal where staff hurled racist taunts at her.
Communities, which are on front lines of land disputes, say they have been left out of mapping project.
As Indigenous Mapuche conflict escalates, some hope the writing of a new constitution could lay the groundwork for reconciliation and peace in the trouble-torn region of southern Chile.
![Protesters held three minutes of silence for the 441 Aboriginal people who have died in police custody since 1991 [Margarite Clarey/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/749335fa7ae54c83be35df07b229f930_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Protests follow last week’s death of 49-year-old woman in cell, the 441st since landmark 1991 royal commission on issue.
![Passengers arrive in a public taxi boat to the Shipibo Indigenous community of Pucallpa, located along the Ucayali river in the Amazonian rainforest of eastern Peru. Transportation is one of the biggest hurdles in treating Indigenous groups - some can only be reached by helicopter or an eight-hour boat ride. [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/4a82890712c849a39d11be0aac01f840_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Peru has world’s highest per-population confirmed COVID-19 mortality rate, forcing the Indigenous to find own remedies.