24 stories tagged with #indigenous-rights, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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It's one of the world's most isolated islands. Here come the bulldozers
The Indian government is spending $9 billion to create a megaport, airport and city on this remote island. Critics fear the impact on pristine forests and the lives of indigenous i…
Man fined for booing during Welcome to Country at Sydney dawn service
Eli Toby told the court that his actions were intended as a way to "stand for what I believed was the right thing at the time", but refused to apologise to the judge.…
Nicaraguan indigenous leader dies after three years in prison
Rights groups condemn the death of Brooklyn Rivera, 73, following his long arbitrary detention by the governing regime.…
Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds
ITAITUBA, Brazil, May 29 - Billions of dollars worth of gold is still being extracted illegally from Brazil's Amazon rainforest, a study by nonprofit watchdog Greenpeace found, des…
Why Yindjibarndi leader isn't ready to accept $150m from Andrew Forrest
More than a fortnight after winning the largest native title compensation payout ever in Australia, Pilbara leader Michael Woodley returns to his country.…
Politics Insider: Carney calls for ‘new partnership’ with U.S.
Prime Minister spoke at Economic Club of New York, highlighting ‘mutual strength’ that comes from economic integration…
Canada's Alberta takes risky separatism gamble by adding question to referendum
The province's planned referendum in October sets the stage for a perilous political phase, fueled by resentment from parts of western Canada toward the federal government. But the…
NT child protection bill one year in the making had 'limited' consultation
Despite taking a year to prepare a controversial bill surrounding child protection, the NT Department of Children and Families says consultation with organisations was "limited".…
Police, protesters clash in new marches against Bolivian leader
Clashes erupt in La Paz as protesters demand President Paz's resignation amid ongoing economic turmoil and unrest.…
The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’
Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainfo…
Supreme Court will hear Indigenous rights declaration case from B.C.
Province’s old regime allowed miners to claim mineral rights on Crown land without consulting First Nations…
Artisanal mines in Brazil a front for gold laundering, investigation shows
Nearly half of permitted small-scale gold mines in a corner of the Brazilian Amazon are likely fronts for laundering gold mined elsewhere, including protected areas and Indigenous …
Michigan Senate candidate deleted Thanksgiving tweet calling for Indigenous reparations: report
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed apparently deleted a Thanksgiving tweet calling for Indigenous reparations, according to a Washington Free Beacon report on him.…
About That Alberta Independence Petition
Back on May 11, the Alberta Independence movement had well over 300K signatures on their petition to trigger a referendum for independence when they submitted it to Elections Alber…
Michigan's El-Sayed Endorsed 'Reparations' for 'Indigenous Peoples' in Deleted Tweet Attacking Thanksgiving
Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, called for reparations for Native Americans in a since-deleted social media post that criticized the holiday of Th…
Fears mount for victims of domestic violence ahead of WA court closures
The doors of 26 regional and remote courthouses in WA will shut for three months, leaving lawyers confused and concerned about consequences for domestic violence legal matters.…
‘Turkana has always adapted to change’: Interview with environmentalist Ikal Angelei
Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often portrayed as a region in perpetual crisis due to climate change. But for the Indigenous groups who have lived here for centuries, environmen…
Philippine fishing and Indigenous communities wary of clean energy boom in Marcos stronghold
PASUQUIN, Philippines — Crouched on the beach under the hot noon sun, a fisherman flattens a black sheet of seaweed on a bamboo mat rolled out on the sand. Wearing a straw hat wide…
Brazilian court to rule on whether Belo Sun’s Amazon gold mine stays suspended
A Brazilian court is set to rule on the controversial Volta Grande gold mine project in the Amazon, operated by Canadian company Belo Sun…
Organized crime adds to environmental destruction in the Amazon, report finds
A new report by the International Crisis Group finds that organized crime has become a “major obstacle” to protecting the Amazon. Criminal groups often operate across borders and a…
Ecological disaster: Jairam Ramesh writes to Rajnath on Great Nicobar project
The letter, dated May 16, is the third time Ramesh wrote to a senior Cabinet minister in less than a fortnight on the project | India News…
‘Recipe for ecological disaster’: Congress writes to Rajnath Singh on Great Nicobar project
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday wrote to defence minister Rajnath Singh opposing the Great Nicobar Island Project, calling it a “recipe for ecological disaster” …
Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it
Billion-dollar climate funds have structural barriers that keep Indigenous peoples from accessing them. Advocates say that's not a bug, it's a feature.…
Drilling has begun at our sacred site Pe' Sla, setting a dangerous precedent for Indigenous lands across the country. It must be stopped.
Drilling in the 2-mile buffer zone of Pe' Sla, in the He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, shows even sacred lands protected by the U.S. government are not safe from the threat o…