Trudeau Looks To Build Legacy Of Reconciliation With Canada’s Indigenous People
Huffington Post - Janice Dickson Canadian Press "We will start from a place of partnership — the place we started all those centuries ago and unfortunately lost our way from." Sean Kilpatrick/CP PM Trudeau addresses the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs...
Ovide Mercredi suggests new treaty for Atlantic region First Nations at Halifax self-government summit
Nic Meloney · CBC News · Posted: Nov 27, 2018 7:08 PM ET | Last Updated: November 28 Co-chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs says new treaty not an option they're considering Ovide Mercredi, a former National Chief of the Assembly of the First Nations...
Wampis and Achuar Peoples Demand Annulment of Oil Block 64 to Be Operated by GeoPark
The Guardian Meeting of the Achuar and Wampís in Soledad, Amazonas - August 9, 2018. Photo: Wrays Pérez, Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation Wampis and Achuar Peoples Demand Annulment of Oil Block 64 to Be Operated by GeoPark by Autonomous...
Coastal First Nations on front line of guarding the environment
Vancouver Sun Marilyn Slett is chief of the Heiltsuk First Nation. For almost two decades the First Nations on B.C.’s central and north coast and Haida Gwaii have been working toward rebuilding a healthy coastal economy. Coastal First Nations — Great Bear Initiative...
How to make ‘nation to nation’ relationship genuine
Toronto Star - By Noah Richler Here are five actions that should be taken to improve relationships with First Nations in Canada. Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde speaks with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett before the start of...
Brazil: I am Kum’tum, I am of the Akroá-Gamela People
IC According to maps and information from the 18th century, the Gamela people, as the Portuguese called them, lived in Maranhão in the Baixo Pindaré region—which includes the municipalities of Codó, Monção, Cajari, Viana and Penalva. My grandmother was born and grew...
Indigenous people want to make Amazon rainforest world’s biggest protected area
INDEPENDENT While plan would not prevent development in the entire Amazon, the space that it would protect is as big as Mexico. The Amazon river ( AFP/Getty ) Indigenous groups have come together to protect the Amazon rainforest by calling for 200m hectares of the...
The Wampis Nation – the first indigenous autonomous government in Peru
Indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon have united and created the Wampis Nation – an autonomous territorial government – in order to defend their livelihood from the increasing pressure from extractive industries. Their autonomous government covers nearly an...
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