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Indigenous Peoples
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Abandoned Uranium Mines Plague Navajo Nation
Mining companies left behind a legacy of poisoned wells.
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Transnational Companies Driving Deadly Conflict in Guatemalan Indigenous Territory
The communities have come to view the energy projects as yet another invasion of their territory.
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The Corruption of Keystone: Congressional Permits to Drill Don’t Change Public Opinion
The US public's opposition to the pipeline is going to keep costing TransCanada.
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In Brazil, a Struggle to Protect Indigenous Land From an Oil Society
The consequences of drilling new oil wells in deep water will impact Brazil's traditional communities.
Newly Recognized Indigenous Rights a Dead Letter?
Three years after the rights of El Salvador's indigenous people were recognised in the constitution, there are still no public policies.
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Native Leaders Are Being Killed in the Amazon Because They Want the Right to Live
The likelihood of indigenous disenfranchisement can increase as a country becomes more prosperous.
Tribespeople Illegally Evicted From “Jungle Book” Tiger Reserve
Evicted tribespeople report that the Forest Department threatened to release elephants to trample their houses and crops if they did not leave immediately.
John Pilger Interview: White Australians Would Like Aboriginal People to Disappear
John Pilger speaks to Truthout about his new documentary about the brutal conquest and continued racist treatment of the aboriginal people in Australia.
Native Americans Confront History of Dispossession
Congress passed a measure that would give lands sacred to Native Americans in Arizona to a foreign company.
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Interpreting Ancient Artifacts with Modern Perspectives
To interpret the past with the eyes, perceptions and knowledge of the present dismisses the genius, high levels of mastery of the material world and the invisible world that …