Indigenous peoples
- Catholicism, Dalits, Human rights, India, Indigenous peoples, Law, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s arrest of an 83-year-old priest on terrorism charges is an insult to justice | Mari Marcel Thekaekara
Father Stan Swamy, who was helping indigenous people fight mining corporates, is far from a violent MaoistA fr…
- Guam, Indigenous peoples, Japan, Pacific islands, South Pacific, United Nations, US military, World news
‘Our children’s lives on the line’: the ongoing battle for Guam
America’s militarisation of the western Pacific island threatens its ecosystem, culture and history, a plea be…
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Minneapolis has vowed to defund its police. New Zealand needs to have that conversation | Julia Amua Whaipooti
Dropping the armed police trial is a good step but we need transformational change to show black lives actuall…
- Activism, Adani Group, Coal, Energy, Environment, Environmental activism, Fossil fuels, India, Indigenous peoples, Mining, Protest, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests
‘The forest is everything’: indigenous tribes in India battle to save their home from Adani – in pictures
Australian photographer Brian Cassey visits Hasdeo Arand, one of the largest contiguous stretches of dense for…
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Tokyo Olympics: dance by Japan’s indigenous people dropped from opening ceremony
Move raises questions about status of Ainu ethnic minority, whose cultural identity Japan is legally obliged t…
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Blessing the harvest with the Naga of Myanmar – in pictures
The subsistence farmers of the Gongwang Bonyo tribe are among the most isolated people in Myanmar. Living near…
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After more than 150 years, New Zealand recognises ‘extinct’ Moriori people
Polynesian settlers of the Chatham Islands sign treaty to have their status, existence and rights enshrined in…
- Americas, Canada, Colonialism, India, Indigenous peoples, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Fighting back over India’s constitution | Letters
Vinita Damodaran lauds the protesters in India rallying to protect the postcolonial constitution, and Laura Ph…
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New Zealand: Māori king says disputed Ihumātao land should be returned
Kiingi Tūheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII says land at heart of housing dispute should be given back to indige…
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‘He’s a barbarian’: Māori tribe bans replica of Captain Cook’s ship from port
New Zealand village complains to ministry of culture and heritage over planned visit by a replica of the Endea…
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Māori anger as Air New Zealand seeks to trademark ‘Kia Ora’ logo
Airline accused of lack of respect for indigenous language by seeking to protect image of the greeting, also t…
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Out of the jungle and into a death trap: the fate of Malaysia’s last nomadic people
The Batek started to die after being forced from their land. Were they poisoned by the plantations and mines t…
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Hundreds of protesters march on Jacinda Ardern’s office over Māori land dispute
Petition with more than 25,000 signatures delivered, calling on New Zealand PM to visit sacred Ihumātao siteSe…
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Will Jacinda come? Māoris pin their hopes on PM in fight for sacred site
Britain seized Ihumātao in 1863. Now housing developers are doing so. But New Zealand’s indigenous people are …
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Māori land rights leader calls on Jacinda Ardern to recognise Indigenous ‘crisis’
Activist leading Ihumātao dispute calls on PM to visit site and act on Māori disadvantageThe leader of a major…