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...
Brazil: murder of indigenous leader highlights threat to way of life
Guardian - Flávia Milhorance in Rio de Janeiro Jorginho Guajajara’s killing is believed by members of his tribe to be the result of conflict with loggers in their Amazon territory Members of the Kanela, Gaviao and Guajajara indigenous groups protest against the...
Peruvian Government Will Fine Up To 4.15 Million Soles To Companies And Individuals That Affect Indigenous People
Livinging in Peru The Executive Branch published yesterday a legislative decree that establishes the sanctioning regime for non-compliance with the provisions established in the Law for the protection of indigenous or native people in a situation of isolation and in a...
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...
Indian Mascots_ – A bitter reminder
From "Neither Wolf Nor Dog", a book by Kent Nerburn. A white man and an elderly Native man became pretty good friends, so the white guy decided to ask him: “What do you think about Indian mascots?” The Native elder responded, “Here’s what you’ve got to understand....
Endangered hunter-gatherer Hadza tribe
The Sun The 10,000-year-old tribe are an indigenous ethnic group in north-central Tanzania and are fighting to preserve their way of life The striking image shows the hunters in traditional dress brandishing knives over the splayed primate and starting to slice into...
While Nestlé extracts millions of litres from their land, residents have no drinking water
The Guardian - Alexandra Shimo Just 90 minutes from Toronto, residents of a First Nations community try to improve the water situation as the beverage company extracts from their land Iokarenhtha Thomas, a mother of five. ‘That’s just the reality of living on...
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