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Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous people around the world
The effort to protect the Peruvian Amazon from deforestation related to the cocaine trade was long supported by financial ...
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Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world
Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights.
Indigenous Amazon tribe says New York Times story led to its members being smeared as porn addicts
An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued The New York Times, saying the newspaper’s reporting on the ...
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The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again
An Indigenous religious site in Arizona has been granted a delay, as advocates hope to stop Trump's plan to turn it into a ...
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Louisiana is home to four federally recognized Indigenous tribes. What are they?
The state of Louisiana is home to four federally recognized Indigenous tribes. The Chitimacha Tribe, the Coushatta Tribe of ...
The Vatican has held sacred belongings for a century. Now their Indigenous owners want them back
Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some ...
These sacred artifacts belonging to Canadian Indigenous tribes are in the Vatican: Now they’ve asked Pope Leo XIV to return them
Indigenous leaders in Canada have called on Pope Leo to make good on Pope Francis’ promise to return their cultural artefacts ...
How the Trump administration is putting hundreds of sacred sites at risk
If a THPO conducts their analysis and finds there’s no risk of a federal project impacting cultural or historic resources, ...
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A major step forward for the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the future of World Heritage
From 26 to 28 May 2025, a landmark workshop was held at UNESCO Headquarters to reshape the engagement of Indigenous Peoples ...
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Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals
Miguel Guimaraes, a Shipibo-Konibo leader, has spent his life protesting palm oil plantations and other agribusiness ventures ...
Tribes sue for full accounting of money used to fund Native American boarding schools
The lawsuit seeks to compel the United States to release all records to provide accounting for a program that brutalized ...
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Indigenous peoples defend Earth's biodiversity—but they're in danger
Comprising less than 5% of the world's population, indigenous people protect 80% ... to 30,000 and comprised more than 200 peaceful tribes, who differed in name, but shared a common tongue.