Reposted from Intercontinental Cry
By Curtis Kline
Reposted from Intercontinental Cry
By Curtis Kline
Continuing the legal roller coaster of decisions made regarding the land rights of the Maya people in Toledo district of southern Belize, the Court of Appeal has recently re-affirmed the Maya people’s rights to collective land ownership throughout southern Belize.
July 26, 2013 was a gloomy day for the Maasai community who live in Narasha in Naivasha
The world is welcoming its newest government – the Republic of Murrawarri, a nearly 82,000 square kilometer territory stretching across northern New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, has declared its independence as a sovereign nation.
On August 5-9, Cultural Survival and First Peoples Worldwide are hosting another #Proud2BIndigenous week. In celebration of UN International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, on August 9 at 11:00 am EST, join us for an online discussion/webinar on the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent: “Engaging FPIC: Understanding, Interpretation and Self Determination."
By Hannah Ellman
“The tar sands are taking, and we need to give back. Our giving back is our sacrifice, to stand in the rain and walk.”—Sue Deranger, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) elder
By Allie Goldstein and Kirsten Howard
By Nithin Coca
In the middle of the wedding, my friend's grandma, a short, stocky, but strong aboriginal Taiwanese woman in her 80s, went up on stage. She grabbed the microphone and, after a short introduction in Mandarin, the dominant language in Taiwan, began a Christian prayer in the Atayal language.