Indigenous Peoples
New Zealand to Vote on Suspending Māori MPs Over Haka Protest
A parliamentary committee has ruled that the haka could have “intimidated” other lawmakers. It has recommended a one-week suspension for Maipi-Clarke, and 21-day bans for…
Brazil’s Indigenous tribes
Brazil’s Indigenous tribes camp out in the capital Brasilia to highlight the lack of action by governments to tackle malnutrition amongst Indigenous children, attacks on…
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
This event provides an important platform to reiterate Member States’ commitment to uphold, promote and advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples without compromise.
Viwa indigenous people
This is the latest in a number of crises since the beginning of the year, as there’s been an increase in violence despite President Gustavo…
indigenous people/Brazil
The ruling will decide whether indigenous people must have been living in the territories they claim as theirs before 1988, when the new democratic constitution…
Indigenous land claims/Brazil
Those who had been chased at gunpoint out of their territories before 1988 and returned much later, for fear of being killed, will lose their…
Mexican indigenous communities
The group — which for years has been hesitant about public announcements — has denounced the rise in violence in Chiapas, and called an international…
Brazil’s Supreme Court and the Indigenous land claims
A ruling has been put on hold a few times over the past years. As things stand, two members of the 11-member court have ruled so…
Peru is strikingly divided
Racism, poverty and discrimination are at the root of this latest uprising by inhabitants of Peru’s highlands, where much of the country’s gas and mineral…
Yonamami people are struggling to survive
President Lula has accused the previous government of President Bolsonaro of driving the Yonamami people to the edge of death by allowing an estimated 25,000…
Bangladesh and the indigenous people
Almost 3-million people claim indigenous status – including communities that fought security forces for years in the Chittagong Hill region.
International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples
The date marks the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
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