Indigenous peoples
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More young people want to vote in New Zealand’s Māori electorates. What are they and how do they work?
Growing numbers of young voters are signing up to the Māori electoral roll as debate flares over the need for …
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Indian state of Kerala to be renamed Keralam to reflect local pronunciation
Proposal approved by Modi government will bring official English name into line with Malayalam languageThe Ind…
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Fish mint, Himalayan chives and berry pickle: how wild ingredients are transforming school dinners in India
In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chr…
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‘Because of women it became a people’s revolution’: what has changed one year on from Bangladesh’s student uprising?
Five female activists talk about their lives since Sheikh Hasina was ousted – and how the country can secure l…
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Amazon Indigenous peoples can benefit from ‘ayahuasca tourism’ | Letters
Visitors staying at ‘healing retreats’ bring vital income to the diverse cultures of the region, writes Enrico…
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New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given record suspensions
Parliament votes to enact punishment after hours of fraught debate including attitudes towards Māori cultureNe…
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‘Magical realism’: how a fake Hindu nation tried to take over Indigenous land in Bolivia
Contracts show fictional country created by fugitive Indian guru would control vast swathes ‘with full soverei…
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US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island
Police say man landed on island in attempt to meet the Sentinelese people – a tribe untouched by the industria…
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Māori protesters turn their backs on government ministers at Waitangi Day event
Anger at policies that roll back Māori rights surface as rightwing Act party leader David Seymour has micropho…
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Bill to reinterpret founding treaty with Māori would make New Zealand a ‘laughing stock’, MPs told
Introduced to parliament by a minor coalition party, the treaty principles bill seeks to abandon a set of prin…
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Bamboo bonanza: how a village in India used its forest to go from poverty to prosperity
Restoring age-old land rights has enabled 300 villagers to build a profitable business and halt the exodus to …
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‘We’re not going away’: the man who led NZ’s biggest Māori rights march vows to fight on
Eru Kapa-Kingi has become the most recognised face of a movement against the government’s policy direction for…
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Uncontacted hunter-gatherers facing threat of genocide because of minerals mining, claims report
Survival International says Hongana Manyawa in Indonesia are at risk but mining company says the people in ‘vo…
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‘Dangerous’ and ‘retrograde’: Māori leaders sound alarm over policy shifts in New Zealand
Experts say policy changes that include scrapping Māori-led programs will harm communities and put New Zealand…
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‘We’re really torn’: New Caledonia turmoil forces French nationals to sail to safety in Australia
Xavier Decramer and his family made a home in Nouméa but the eruption of violence has prompted them to leave ‘…