indigenous peoples

FCC adopts an alert system for missing Indigenous people

5:02am August 15, 2024

The agency announced it is launching a new alert system similar to Amber Alerts for missing children. California and some other states have already adopted alerts for missing Indigenous persons.

Guarani Indigenous block Bandeirantes highway to protest proposed legislation that would change the policy that demarcates Indigenous lands on the outskirts of Sao Paulo.

Brazil's Indigenous people protest as lawmakers vote to limit their land rights

1:55pm May 31, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Brazilian Indigenous leaders and environmentalists are outraged after lawmakers approved a measure that would affect claims to Indigenous land, and potentially, environmental protections.

"When people think of Indigenous music, they think of some elder pounding a drum. That's important too, but young Indigenous people have their own way of living and their own community and they want to be able to mix their culture with what they like," says Abao, seen here at the National Theatre in Taipei on Nov. 10.

One of Taiwan's biggest pop stars sings in an Indigenous language

7:44am December 28, 2022

by Emily Feng

Abao sings in the Paiwan language — not Chinese, which dominates Taiwan's pop music industry. Her popularity reflects the island's overdue recognition and awareness of Indigenous culture.

Pope Francis speaks from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square on Sunday. Francis expressed sorrow for the treatment of Indigenous people in Canada, but did not offer an apology.

Pope Francis Expresses Sorrow But No Apology For Indigenous School Deaths In Canada

7:30pm June 06, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Francis urged political and religious officials to work toward "healing and reconciliation," but he did not formally apologize for the church's role in the forced reeducation of 150,000 children.

Molina Richards promised her friend that she wouldn't let anyone forget her daughter, Waniyetu Rose Loves War, who died in 2019.

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Human Trafficking Crisis In Indian Country 'Like A Pandemic'

5:00am March 12, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

Of the 109 people currently listed as missing in South Dakota, 77 of them are indigenous. The state's legislature passed a bill this week to address the alarming crisis on and off reservations.

A truck sits parked at railway tracks during a protest near Belleville, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday. Demonstrators have been disrupting railroads and other infrastructure across Canada for more than a week to protest the planned Coastal GasLink pipeline.

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Canadian Pipeline Protest Forces Closure Of Major Rail Link

11:11am February 14, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Indigenous protesters are using snowplows and wooden barricades to block a vital cross-country railway to protest construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, which they say runs through their land.

People look on at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2016 at Seattle's City Hall. Seattle began observing Indigenous Peoples' Day two years earlier to promote the well-being and growth of Seattle's Indigenous community.

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Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day?

5:43am October 14, 2019

by Leila Fadel

More and more places in the United States are dropping Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, but the shift isn't happening without some pushback.

Women attend the closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Monday in Gatineau, Quebec.

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'Genocide' Has Been Committed Against Indigenous Women And Girls, Canadian Panel Says

6:10pm June 03, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

A years-long inquiry found that Indigenous communities have been targeted by a pattern of rights violations aimed at eradicating "their existence as Nations, communities, families and individuals."

Mayan indigenous people protest against the government of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on the day he gives an address to Congress in Guatemala City, Monday.

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Killings Of Guatemala's Indigenous Activists Raise Specter Of Human Rights Crisis

4:01pm January 23, 2019

by Maria Martin

Indigenous groups and human rights activists worry that the violence that raged through their communities in the 1970s and 1980s is making a comeback.

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A student wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat stands in front of a Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington on Friday. Young men and women surrounded Nathan Phillips, and a video of the incident has drawn outrage.

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Video Of Kentucky Students Mocking Native American Man Draws Outcry

3:01pm January 20, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Videos show students associated with Covington Catholic High School chanting and laughing as they encircle Nathan Phillips, an Omaha Elder, at the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington last Friday.