The nation’s massive copper deposits are key to meeting growing global demand. A battle has emerged over who gets to mine and ...

Colombia has created a first-of-its-kind territory meant to protect a group of Indigenous people living away from regular ...

Choreography unfurls against tapestry of modern-day oral testimonies, visual projections—and 400 pounds of rice.

A United Nations effort is channeling more finance to communities to help them conserve, restore and sustainably manage ...

SAN DIEGO – Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathaniel Nimco, a native of ... protecting the people I love,” Nimco said. “I get the opportunity to allow the people I love to do what they want to ...

Peru’s Congress has passed a controversial reform expanding the powers of a government agency which oversees international aid ...

By Aimee Gabay An ongoing federal highway project that will cross through protected areas and Indigenous lands in Peru’s Amazon is facing mounting concerns by Indigenous leaders and legal experts.

"It's for the future of my people and our children and their children." A central question in the High Court case was whether the constitutional right to "just terms" extends to loss of native ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring English as the nation's official language, but Native leaders dispute its reach. For many years, the federal government tried to erase ...

Tarcila Rivera-Zea, a member of the Quechua community in Peru, has spent decades pushing for Native peoples to be heard. By Shivani Vora This article is part of a Women and Leadership special ...

There are at least 20 uncontacted tribes in Peru that live in the most remote, uncontacted regions of the Amazon rainforest, according to Survival International, an advocacy group for Indigenous ...