Epidemic fears as 80% of Indigenous Amazon tribe fall ill
Advocates fear situation could escalate in Javari valley, a region plagued by violence and poor healthcare More than 100 Indigenous people in Brazil’s Javari valley...
Category : Indigenous peoples
Canada: Indigenous fishermen left to walk shoeless after officers seized boots
Justin Trudeau says allegations ‘extremely troubling’ after officers arrested First Nations men and confiscated their boots and phones Two First Nations fishermen have said they...
Ontario moves to allow use of Indigenous languages in legislature
‘Momentous change’ will permit lawmakers in Canadian province to address chamber in ‘first languages’ Lawmakers in Ontario will now be able to address the province’s...
Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’
Descendants of enslaved miners who dug up gold, silver and emeralds worth billions call on Colombia to halt plan to lift cargo Indigenous communities in...
Canada pledges C$40m to search landfill for remains of two Indigenous women
Police initially said they did not have resources to search for women believed to have been murdered by an alleged serial killer Canada has pledged...
Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’
Discovery was made after First Nations tipped off ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a fjord off British Columbia Deep in the hostile waters...
Indigenous reporter fears more journalists will be targeted after arrest as police cleared Canada camp
Brandi Morin was charged while reporting at encampment authorities arrived at to dismantle and could face two years in jail A journalist in Canada who...
Charity with Prince Harry as director investigating rape and torture claims
African Parks examines alleged atrocities against Indigenous people by its Congo Republic guards after ‘decade of alerts’ from Survival International A wildlife charity that has...
Taiwan braces for ‘big deal’ presidential election as China’s shadow looms
Corruption and the cost of living have trumped concerns about a belligerent neighbour in close race for the presidency Deep in the mountains of Hsinchu...
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force
‘Time marker’ legislation means Indigenous peoples can only lay claim to lands they occupied in 1988, invalidating scores of claims A controversial law curtailing Indigenous...
