By Idle No More

The February 14th Annual Women’s Memorial March is held on Valentine’s Day each year to honour the memory of Indigenous women, including trans and two-spirit women, who have died as a result of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence. Now in its 23rd year, the March remembers and honours murdered and missing women, and seeks to organize against ongoing gendered violence that women face.

By Pablo Garcia

Celebrating the legacy of Chico Mendes and the courage of thousands of present-day grassroots activists who follow in his footsteps.

April 4-6, 2014
School of International Service
American University, Washington, D.C.

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Meet activists and experts from around the world to discuss and debate global environmental issues that affect all of us.

By Jenna Winton

By CHIRAPAQ

Designation believed to help strengthen dialogue between Indigenous citizens and states. World Conference on Indigenous Peoples to be held in September 2014 at UN Headquarters.

By Alyssa Macy, International Indian Treaty Council

Francisco Cali Tzay, Mayan Kaqchikel from Guatemala, was elected on February 3, 2014 to a two-year term as President of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on the first day of its 84^th session. Cali Tzay is the first Indigenous expert to hold such a position in the UN system.

By Jenna Winton

On January 15-17, 2014, the United Nations held the first International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples’ Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights. The meeting was held specifically to discuss Articles 21, 22 (1), 23 and 24 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Among those present at the meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York were six Indigenous experts from around the world:

By Phoebe Farris

By First Peoples Worldwide

You’ve probably heard about Matika Wilbur by now (and if you haven’t, now is a good time to fix that!) Matika Wilbur’s story is that of a young woman with places to go and people to photograph – the 28-year-old Swinomish/Tulalip photographer from the Swinomish Reservation in Washington has started an ambitious project to photograph and collect oral histories from all 562 federally-recognized Indigenous tribes in the United States.