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Indigenous Activism
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Illegal Logging Threatens Indigenous Rights and Sustainable Development in the Peruvian Amazon
Peru must protect these people of the Amazon.
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Winnemem Wintu Chief Leads “Water Every Drop Is Sacred” Rally and March
Caleen Sisk spoke about the sacredness of water and the threat posed by plans to raise the Shasta Dam and build Delta Tunnels.
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Garifuna Communities of Honduras Resist Corporate Land Grabs
The displacement of these Honduran Afro-descendant communities accelerated after the installment of a US backed golpista regime.
Native Groups Protest Pope Francis’ Canonization of Junípero Serra Over Role in California Genocide
Junipero Serra was brutal for the California Native Americans.
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Our History and Our Dreams: Building Black and Native Solidarity
Black and Native activists must reconcile our differences, as we build forward at the intersections of our movements.
Two Indigenous Solar Engineers Changed Their Village in Chile
Two Chilean solar engineers have changes the lives of the people in their village.
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Who Will Pay the Price for Australia’s Climate Change Policies?
For thousands of years, Indigenous people have traditionally managed the land in the savannah regions of tropical northern Australia.
How Extreme Energy Leads to Extreme Politics
Authorities in Argentina and beyond are cracking down on indigenous communities that protest resource extraction.
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Corporate Developers Seize Indigenous Lands in Brazil and Hire Hit Men to Murder Residents
The number of indigenous people killed in Brazil in connection to huge development projects is on the rise.
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Trial by Fire for Ecuador’s President Correa
The indigenous uprising, and the broader political dissention surrounding it, represents a watermark political test for Correa.