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Rewilding successes were celebrated, nations slashed fossil fuel funding, and fracking was sent packing in the UK, plus more good news| Positive News
Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science and environmental research company that works with and for Indigenous communities in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada.| NiCHE
from Instagram Join us Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend for a free teach-in on Andean resistance in Bolivia & Chile. Come learn, discuss, and take part in collaborative activities. Incredible flyer designed by @rat_maf Saturday, October 11 at 3pm Wooden Shoe Books| Philly Anti-Capitalist
Totemic ancestral connections to land in Warlpiri and other Indigenous Australian cultures are lines of becomings resonating with some concepts proposed by philosophers Deleuze and Guattari. The post Dreaming and Deleuze appeared first on Edinburgh University Press Blog.| Edinburgh University Press Blog
Rewilding successes were celebrated, nations slashed fossil fuel funding, and fracking was sent packing in the UK, plus more good news| Positive News
Indigenous meeting in Peru condemns ‘carbon offset’ schemes that steal forests…| Climate & Capitalism
Fawn Porter leads the Haudenosaunee Nationals Women’s Box Lacrosse team with heart The post Lacrosse captain and Western grad eyes Olympics appeared first on Western News.| Western News
Professor Cody Groat reflects on the impact of the 94 Calls to Action and the work that remains The post Expert explainer: Understanding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission appeared first on Western News.| Western News
While women are visible in politics and public life, many still face systemic inequalities in health, safety, and access to basic services.| Global Voices
By: David V. Wright Matter Commented On: Building Canada Act, SC 2025, c 2, s 4 PDF Version: First Five Building Canada Act Projects of National Interest (PONIs): Hot to Trot, or All for Naught? After months of speculation (see e.g. here), the first list of projects of national interest (PONIs) under the new Building […]| ABLawg
By: Jennifer Koshan, Robert Hamilton, and Jonnette Watson Hamilton Cases Commented On: Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10 (CanLII); Houle v Swan River First Nation, 2025 FC 267 (CanLII); Donald-Potskin v Sawridge First Nation, 2025 FC 648 (CanLII); Cunningham v Sucker Creek First Nation 150A, 2025 FC 1174 (CanLII) PDF Version: […]| ABLawg
Indigenous protesters have been demonstrating and shutting down highways since Noboa lifted Ecuador’s diesel subsidies.| Articles – Truthout
Image: a circle that comprises four pairs of hands with fingers outstretched. At the centre of the circle, in capital letters, the words “EVERY CHILD MATTERS”. THE STORY OF ORANGE SHIRT DAY (from The Orange Shirt Society website) Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School (1891-1981) Commemoration Project […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Internal investigation still ongoing almost a year after a man was shot and killed by U.S. Marshals Service officers in Yankton Reservation.| South Dakota News Watch
Ice Geographies examines Arctic colonial politics, emphasizing ice as racialized geography, Indigenous knowledge, slowness, and questioning certainty in research practices.| NiCHE
White accounts of the lives of Australian Indigenous people are usually condescending, especially those written while the ethnic cleansing of Aboriginal people was in its later stages. I don’t intend to offend with that choice of words, incidentally. I hope that fair-minded and objective white readers will understand my meaning: that whatever motives any particular white people may have had, the overall effect of the takeover of the country easily met modern definitions of genocide.| Photo Time Tunnel
September 29, 2025 By Mel Lemke, WSG Science Communications Fellow Basket cockles (Clinocardium nuttallii) are saltwater clams native to the Pacific Northwest. With their charismatic ruffled shells and colorful banding, they are easily recognizable at low tide, peeking out from their fine-sediment habitats among eelgrass beds. These clams are more than just beautiful: as a preferred First Food (a food gathered and consumed since time immemorial), they hold significant cultural and nutritional...| Washington Sea Grant
Judy Talaugon is a co-producer and host of Beyond Borders and a founder of The Tribunal Project. Today we take the time for everyone to get to know Judy and her work better, a sort of serious girlfriend hour with Martha Cinader. Please join the conversation below!| Listen & Be Heard Network
Rosina Philippe, an elder from the Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha Tribe, resides in Grand Bayou Indian Village, an Indigenous community facing environmental challenges. As traditional food sources diminish and storms increase, she emphasizes the importance of policy inclusion for community input and inspires others to advocate for their heritage and future.| A Peace of My Mind
Discover the story of Chief Devon Parfait as he navigates his tribe's challenges and fights for a hopeful future.| A Peace of My Mind
Sen. Mike Rounds secured $9.4 million for 35 public stations run by tribes after federal cuts.| South Dakota News Watch
“There's this amazing resurgence of cowboy and Western films, right? But have you seen any of them that are told through the voices of women?"| South Dakota News Watch
Production based on classic novel about Norwegian settlers will be performed April 26-27 at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls.| South Dakota News Watch
From 'Dances With Wolves' to 'National Treasure,' these notable movies were filmed in South Dakota.| South Dakota News Watch
"There's been a lot of tears in rehearsals, not out of frustration but out of joy."| South Dakota News Watch
"Yes, the funding has been cut, but so what? These kids are getting it done anyway, and the Boys and Girls Club isn't going anywhere."| South Dakota News Watch
On August 10, 48 African detainees in the Bravo Delta dorm of the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center declared their collective refusal to eat, continuing a yearslong saga of collective protest and repression that has characterized their fight for asylum on the continent. The majority of the strikers are English-speakers from Cameroon, where armed conflict is making the country increasingly unlivable, and where the English-speaking minority faces repression by the country’s authoritarian gov...| dirtysouth.noblogs.org
Martha Cinader, Judy Talaugon and Jay Rodriguez Sierra are joined by Seth Donnelly, Anna Marie Stanberg and Kyle Stoneman in a roundtable discussion about the goals of Taxpayers Against Genocide and the September 4th Protest for Justice in Foley Square.| Listen & Be Heard Network
Quick Bites – Oysters, Football, and Groceries A little mid-September news 🐢 You can just feel the slowness. It’s September, and I know it’s supposed to feel this way. But this year… Lots of area restaurants take the pace of September and use it to their advantage. Maybe for a little pre-season sprucing up. (Or […] The post Quick Bites – Oysters, Football, and Groceries appeared first on dineSarasota.| dineSarasota
Burned by the cataclysmic bushfires of 2019, a national park called the Barrington Tops exploded in rare veined doubletail orchids.| Good News Network
How does the US Supreme Court decision to allow ICE to target immigrants based on language, accent, race, and employment affect the sweeps of undocumented immigrants in the US. And what are the social and economic impacts of Trump's deportation policy? [ dur: 29mins. ] Hiroshi Motomura is the Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United ...| The Scholars' Circle
Written by Eloise Phillips. This article examines the 2025 Taiwan–Guam cultural exchange, led by Taiwan’s National Museum of Prehistory, which wove song, canoe building, and shared practices into i…| Taiwan Insight
Written by Ana Paloma Martínez Gómez. This article explores how Indigenous identity is portrayed on screen and how film supports cultural revitalisation and self-representation through a decolonial…| Taiwan Insight
Nadine Caron is the first Indigenous (Ojibway) woman general surgeon and the first Indigenous graduate of UBC’s medical school. Born in 1970, Caron excelled in academics and basketball. She attended Simon Fraser University for Kinesiology where she won awards such as the Shrum Gold Medal for being the top undergraduate student. She was again recognized […]| The Scientific Detective
Joint statement on the Department for Business and Trade’s proposed review of responsible business conduct: Six criteria to ensure the review is meaningful. We welcome the news that the Department for Business and Trade will be reviewing its “approach to ensuring responsible business conduct, focusing on the global supply chains of businesses operating in the... The post Joint statement on the Department for Business and Trade’s proposed review of responsible business conduct appeared f...| ABColombia
In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day today, we are honored to share some resources that will help you explore the legacy, rich culture, history, and modern achievements of Indigenous people worldwide. What About Columbus Day?Many parents and teachers, in the traditional school systems, did not grow up recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day. When we were younger, we may have … Read More » The post Resources to Honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day appeared first on Pandia Press.| Pandia Press
Back in June 2022, we attended the 2nd United Nations Oceans Conference. But one thing was glaringly absent from the formal agenda: Indigenous Peoples.| CPAWS
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Bougainvilleans went to the polls today, keen to elect a leader who will continue their fight for independence. “There’s a mood of excitement among the people here,” said Electoral Commissioner Desmond Tsianai. “It is important that this election is successful and credible, because we want legitimate leaders in| Asia Pacific Report
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer| Asia Pacific Report
If passed, the new law will make B.C. the first government in Canada to codify the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Once implemented, it will significantly alter the way major resource projects are approached on Indigenous territories| The Narwhal
The world's foremost racial discrimination committee says Canada must work with Indigenous communities to find an alternative to the $10.7 billion hydro project in B.C.| The Narwhal
Once promised a life in perpetuity on a rich and vibrant landscape, the Blueberry River First Nations have brought B.C. to court to face the cumulative impacts of rampant oil, gas and forestry that has left the land degraded, wildlife poisoned and Treaty 8 in tatters. If successful, the case has the power to transform the way First Nations, industry and governments plan and execute resource projects across Canada| The Narwhal
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted that the country may “hold its first-ever referendum” following a landmark Supreme Court opinion aimed at amending the 2013 Constitution. On Friday, the nation’s highest court ruled that thresholds for constitutional amendments should be lowered — requiring only a two-thirds majority| Asia Pacific Report
Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza Strip as part of a worldwide action by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the community politics organisation Avaaz. On August 25, one| Asia Pacific Report
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As old-growth logging in B.C. continues, conservation organization creates detailed map showing original forests in B.C. have all but disappeared| The Narwhal
This article How LA is uniting to provide mutual aid for those impacted by ICE raids was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. Through fundraisers, grocery deliveries, ‘adopt a corner’ initiatives and ICE watch, Angelenos are coming together to support their immigrant neighbors. This article How LA is uniting to provide mutual aid for those impacted by ICE raids was originally published by Waging Nonviolence.| Waging Nonviolence
Asia Pacific Report West Papuan civil society and solidarity networks are calling for urgent action over a brutal Indonesian security forces crackdown that has led to a wave of arrests and political repression. Protests erupted in Sorong, in the western part of the Melanesian territory, on Wednesday over the transfer of 4 political prisoners out| Asia Pacific Report
Parks Canada is partnering with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities to share decision-making power in parks and heritage sites.| West Coast NOW
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Chances are, anyone whose family is dying of starvation would not be looking for New Zealand to have a prolonged debate over how they deserve to be defined. Yet a delay in making even the symbolic gestures seems to be all that we have to offer, as hundreds of thousands of| Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence advocate has accused Indonesia of “continuing to murder children” while escalating its military operations across the Melanesian region. United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda says West Papua faces two connected crimes — ecocide and genocide. Two schoolchildren were killed by the occupying military| Asia Pacific Report
Voting commenced in Samoa’s general election today, with more than 100,000 eligible voters heading to the polls to decide the country’s next government.| Asia Pacific Report
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific Correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has ended an extended seven-day visit to New Caledonia with mixed feelings. On one hand, he said he was confident his “Bougival deal” for New Caledonia’s future is now “more advanced” after three sittings of a “drafting committee” made up| Asia Pacific Report
British Columbians more aware of UNDRIP than others in the country; most would hold referendum on it August 25, 2025 – British Columbia has seen historic and controversial developments in Indigenous land rights. In April 2024, the Haida Nation’s title to Haida Gwaii was formally recognized, while in May 2025 the Cowichan Tribes’ court victory over land title in Richmond…| Angus Reid Institute
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The recent internal report on RNZ’s performance, variously described as “scathing” and “blunt” in news coverage, caused considerable debate about the state broadcaster’s performance and priorities — not all of it fair or well informed. The report makes several operational recommendations, including addressing| Asia Pacific Report
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The President of Bougainville, Ishmael Toroama, says he is not feeling the pressure as he seeks a second five-year term in office. Bougainville goes to the polls next Thursday, September 4, with 404 candidates vying for 46 seats in the Parliament of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region.| Asia Pacific Report
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By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s surprise announcement yesterday that he will call for a parliamentary confidence vote in his government is set to further complicate protracted talks in New Caledonia on the French territory’s political future. The announcement comes as French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls| Asia Pacific Report
RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is condemning Israel’s E1 settlement plan for the occupied West Bank, despite New Zealand not signing a joint statement on the matter. Twenty-seven countries, including the UK and Australia, have condemned Israel’s plans to build an illegal settlement east of Jerusalem. The countries have said the plan would “make| Asia Pacific Report
By Pip Hinman and Alex Bainbridge of Green Left More than 200,000 people took the streets across Australia on Saturday in a national day of action demanding that the Labor government sanctions Israel and stops the two-way arms trade. It comes after 300,000 people marched, in driving rain, across Sydney Harbour Bridge on August 3| Asia Pacific Report
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A newly established “drafting committee” held its inaugural meeting in Nouméa this week, aiming to translate the Bougival agreement — signed by New Caledonian political parties in Paris last month — into a legal and constitutional form. However, the first sitting of the committee on Thursday| Asia Pacific Report
Two New Zealand Palestinians, Rana Hamida and Youssef Sammour, left Auckland today to join the massive new Global Sumud Flotilla determined to break Israel’s starvation blockade of the besieged enclave. Here, two journalists report on the Asia-Pacific stake in the initiative. Ellie Aben in Manila and Sheany Yasuko Lai in Jakarta Asia-Pacific activists are preparing| Asia Pacific Report
RNZ News New Zealand has joined more than two dozen other countries to call for “immediate and independent” foreign media access to Gaza. Earlier this month, an Israeli strike in the city killed six journalists — four Al Jazeera correspondents and cameramen, and two other media workers. The Israeli military admitted in a statement to| Asia Pacific Report
RNZ Pacific New Zealand’s police commissioner says he understands the potential impact the country’s criminal deportees have on smaller Pacific Island nations. Commissioner Richard Chambers’ comments on RNZ Pacific Waves come as the region’s police bosses gathered for the annual Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police conference in Waitangi. The meeting, which is closed to media,| Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report The advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand’s “deliberate distraction” over sanctions against Israel and has vowed more protests against Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ “failed policy” on Gaza. After the huge turnout of thousands in Palestine solidarity rallies across more than 20 locations in New Zealand last| Asia Pacific Report
ANALYSIS: By Treasa Dunworth, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau It’s now more than a week since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his government had begun to formally consider New Zealand’s position on the recognition of a Palestinian state. That leaves two weeks until the UN General Assembly convenes on September 9, where it is| Asia Pacific Report
French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls is once again in New Caledonia for a four-day visit aimed at maintaining dialogue, despite a strong rejection from a significant part of the pro-independence camp.| Asia Pacific Report
During the past 22 months in Gaza, the pattern has become unbearable yet tragically predictable: A journalist reports about civilians; killed or starved, shares footage of a hospital corridor, shelters bombed out, schools and homes destroyed, and then they are silenced.| Asia Pacific Report
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor| Asia Pacific Report
Zionism for many Palestinians is a story of colonization told through the language of "liberation." The post Pingpu Indigenous and Han Taiwanese Solidarity with Palestine appeared first on Lausan.| Lausan
Generation, politics, and gender shape views on funding, culture, and status of Indigenous Peoples August 20, 2025 – While issues of land rights, lawsuits, and the legacy of Indian Residential Schools have taken much of the attention in Canada in recent years, there are deep, fundamental questions about Indigenous rights and traditions that underpin many of the views Canadians hold.…| Angus Reid Institute
For 19 years, the Visionary Indigenous Business Excellence (VIBE) Awards have been a tradition celebrating the best in Indigenous business leadership. The ceremony brings together Asper School of Busi| news.umanitoba.ca
CPC voters at odds with others over consultation and accommodation of First Nations in development August 13, 2025 – As Canada moves ahead with major nation-building legislation in the face of U.S. economic threats, the public remains deeply divided over how these projects intersect with Indigenous rights, and indeed, many are unaware of what those rights even entail. New data…| Angus Reid Institute
On 9 August 2025, as we commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, ABColombia recognises the courage, resilience and wisdom of Colombia’s Indigenous Peoples. Despite enduring systemic racism and exclusion, armed conflict and the encroachment of extractive industries, they continue to defend their land, culture and right to determine their own future. The post International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2025: Defending Territory as a Fundamental Right ...| ABColombia
Historian Zara Surratt explores how Sugarcane weaves ceremony, oral history, and archival truth-telling into a searing documentary about intergenerational trauma and care.| Reading Religion
Indigenous communities in Mexico preserve sacred plant knowledge through daily life and resistance. However, psychedelic movements often ignore their broader struggles. Mexican law protects ceremonial use, but broader therapeutic applications| Chacruna
Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend. The post The GLAAD Wrap: Trailers for “Acapulco,” “The Morning Show,” and “My Life with the Walter Boys,” “Queens of the Dead” gets NA distribution, and more! first appeared on GLAAD.| GLAAD
Support for a North American Indigenous trade coalition would leverage the continent-wide potential of Indigenous trading networks. It’s a win-win-win.| Policy Options
Written by Aaron Su. This article discusses the crucial role of photography in consolidating a liberal multicultural order in Taiwan by obscuring dissent through visual depictions of harmonious Ind…| Taiwan Insight
When it comes to Indigenous Reconciliation, Canada’s path seems like a one-way street. Years of apologies and billions in spending have not created a spirit of co-operation and partnership but have instead led to more grievance and more obstruction of efforts to build a more prosperous Canada. There could be a better way forward. Combining his five decades of experience on Indigenous affairs with his conviction that decisions made 200-300 years ago are still alive today, lifelong academic a...| C2C Journal
This article is presented as a two-part series examining the structural limitations of Australia’s native title system and its entanglement with colonial legal authority, extractive capitalism, and the denial of Indigenous sovereignty.| Doctrine of Discovery Project
This article is presented as a two-part series examining the structural limitations of Australia’s native title system and its entanglement with colonial legal authority, extractive capitalism, and the denial of Indigenous sovereignty.| Doctrine of Discovery Project
The ICWA was enacted to protect Indigenous sovereignty, but the Brackeens argued that its preference to Native American families in the fostering and adoption of Native American children amounts to racial discrimination, an argument the court did not substantively address because it judged the Brackeens lacked standing.| Doctrine of Discovery Project
Abstract This article takes as its point of departure the 2022 Interim Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, entitled “Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief.” The report recommends “collaborat[ing] with indigenous spiritual leaders and influencers to support conservation efforts and the sustainable development of traditional lands through a human rights-based approach.” We ask what a human-rights-based approach...| Doctrine of Discovery Project
Rights of the River Atrato in Choco, Awarded by the Constitutional Court. The Atrato River in the Chocó Biogeographic region is one of 25 global priority areas (hotspots) for biodiversity conservation. In 2016, the Colombian Constitutional Court issued ruling T-622, declaring the Atrato River a subject of rights, and issued orders aimed at protecting its... The post T- 622 – Atrato River and Illegal Gold Mining appeared first on ABColombia.| ABColombia
Ray Robinson left his Alabama home to take part in 1973 South Dakota uprising, but he never returned. He is likely buried on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.| South Dakota News Watch
Educators from around the world are working on temporary visas and helping alleviate teacher shortage in South Dakota, including rural areas.| South Dakota News Watch
Searching for Demasduit in a lost Beothuk vocabulary.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
Written by Janelle Umana-Limon. This article examines the rise of Indigenous resistance movements in Taiwan through the voices of Liglav Awu and Ayah Demaladas. It highlights how colonial powers, e…| Taiwan Insight
Martha Cinader, Judy Talaugon, Jay Rodriguez Sierra and Tony Robles are joined by award winning photo journalist Ozier Muhammad. The conversation begins with Judy talking about the native history and the names of the tribes who lived and came during the roundup period where she lives in California, and Ozier talking about his experiences in Chicago in the Nation of Islam, as the grandson of Elijah Muhammad.| Listen & Be Heard Network
New research shows that reviving Indigenous languages may do more than preserve culture—it may also improve public health.| UBC News
Workers are divided, conquered and controlled as a class, both in Australia and globally, by the racial and ethnic divisions perpetuated by capitalism. This results in horrifically disproportionate living and working conditions for non-white workers, but it also results in worse conditions for all workers. Only the collective power of working class organisation can challenge and dismantle the structures of “white power” which enforce the domination of all, at the primary expense of racial...| Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group
Written by Brian Hioe. Siraya civil society groups oppose a KMT proposal to create a “Pingpu Indigenous” category, arguing it undermines their full legal recognition mandated by a 2022 Constitution…| Taiwan Insight
Experts say the world is watching to see if Canada heeds a call from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to immediately suspend work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline, the Trans Mountain pipeline and the Site C dam until ‘free, prior and informed consent’ is obtained from Indigenous peoples| The Narwhal
Vancouver isn’t just a haven for foodies and nature lovers—it’s also home to one of the most important collections of Indigenous art in the world. In this article, writer Liisa Ladouceur explores the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, where totem poles, carvings, masks, and West Coast Indigenous Artisans tell us about the history of our country. The post Celebrating Indigenous Art in Vancouver at the Museum of Anthropology appeared first on We Explore Canada.| We Explore Canada
Nunatsiavut Government says strategy coming within months| The Independent
In Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao writes about the rise of OpenAI and the impacts of AI around the world. Below is an extract from the book on the effects on Chile's mineral reserves and water resources.| Rest of World
