カテゴリー: Indigenous peoples
French forces launch operation on Sunday to regain access to parts of Nouméa and allow airport to reopenThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has called a meeting of his defence and security council to discuss the deadly unrest in the Pacific territor…
Deadly riots spiralled into wider crisis over over constitutional voting changes to increase number of French nationals eligible to vote in Pacific territoryPeople in New Caledonia: how have you been affected by the unrest?‘We will fight until Kanaky i…
New genetic analysis sheds light on the epidemic caused by the practice of mortuary feasting in the Eastern Highlands of PNG mid last centuryIn the middle of the 20th century the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea was gripped by a mysteriou…
Exclusive: $9bn port, airport and military base on Great Nicobar Island will cause ‘genocide’ of isolated Shompen, academics warnAcademics from around the world have urged India to cancel a huge construction project on Great Nicobar Island, warning it …
Corruption and the cost of living have trumped concerns about a belligerent neighbour in close race for the presidencyDeep in the mountains of Hsinchu county in north Taiwan, a few dozen residents of Smangus are holding their daily morning meeting in a…
Exploring the whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose language straddles the boundary between music and speech, this film witnesses a collision of ancient tradition with modern urban life. With urbanisation and the advent of mo…
Documentary traces a 21st-century American evangelical’s reckless efforts to convert an isolated tribe, and his fatal encounter with themOne of the most isolated Indigenous people on Earth, the Sentinelese of India’s North Sentinel Island remain a myst…
This article contains an image of a dead bodyJoe Leahy, owner of the famed Kilima coffee plantation, remembered in a week-long traditional ceremony in Papua New GuineaDeep inside the Nebilyer Valley in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea sits a f…
Indian tribal hunting endangers wildlife but now a startup making 3D replicas is giving teeth to conservation effortsIn the lowland rainforests of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India, tigers, clouded leopards, eagles and hornbills dot the landscape. …
Police said man charged with assault, which could see him fined and jailed for a yearIndian authorities on Wednesday demolished the home of a man accused of publicly urinating on a member of a tribal community after footage of the alleged assault spark…
Laheri Bai’s seed bank ensures traditional grains are kept alive amid a wider effort to promote millet’s suitability for cultivation in challenging climate conditionsCollecting seeds in her mud-walled farmhouse home in central India has pushed Laheri B…
Māori tribes record changes to lands and oceans, with some food-gathering practices that have sustained communities for hundreds of years lostDanny Paruru crouches at the water’s edge, letting it wash over his hand. Behind him, at the far hill-line, th…
Scientists are learning the secrets of the greater racket-tailed drongo and other creatures in a jungle in south India from the people who have always lived thereIn the dense forests of south India’s Western Ghats, you may be lucky enough to spot a gre…
Apo Whang-Od appears on front of Philippine edition and is credited with keeping batok form of art alive An Indigenous tattooist in the Philippines credited with helping to keep alive a form of the art known as batok has become the oldest Vogue cover s…
Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a pilot for Susi Air, was abducted by armed wing of the Free Papua MovementSeparatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province have released photos and videos of a man they say is the pilot from New Zealand they took hostage …