UCA News1dOpinion
Is Indonesian Church promoting injustice against Indigenous peoples?
During the Amazon Synod (2019), the Pontiff reinforced the Church’s commitment to defending Indigenous sovereignty, urging ...
Ruling on Indigenous peoples’ rights strikes at oil industry
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil ...
Mongabay News3dOpinion
Indonesia’s Indigenous Akit community faces exploitation & land loss (commentary)
For the Akit tribe of Bengkalis and Pelalawan districts in Riau province, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, land is more ...
The Cool Down4d
Residents alarmed over massive changes to lakefront region: 'The most heart-broken were the women in the village'
Deforestation is occurring around the ancient Lake Poso due to oil palm plantations, mining, and farm expansion.
The Times of Northwest Indiana6d
Giant turtle sculptures installed as Indigenous Cultural Trail takes shape at Indiana Dunes National Park
A towering yellow crane recently installed two massive, 14,000-lb. snapping turtle sculptures outside the Indiana Dunes Visitors Center, the gateway to the Indiana Dunes National and State Parks.
Opinion
Asia News Network6dOpinion
Indigenous peoples’ rights: The ASEAN paradox
Among the member states of the ASEAN, only a few recognise indigenous peoples, let alone protect their rights. Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam are among those that fare the poorest in this ...
UCA News7d
Indigenous people jailed over land dispute with Indonesian diocese
A court handed down jail terms on eight indigenous people in Indonesia ’s Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province amid ...
Hosted on MSN10d
Nickel miners dig up Indonesia’s Gebe Island despite Indigenous and legal opposition
When BPM first broke ground on its 1,850-hectare (4,570-acre) nickel mining concession here, the company’s executives told the elders in Umera they would have to relocate the Indigenous community’s ...
National Catholic Reporter11d
Priests, nuns join protest to Indonesia's geothermal project
Catholic priests and nuns joined hundreds of activists demanding to stop a geothermal project on the predominantly Catholic Flores island in Indonesia, saying the project violates villagers' land ...
Mongabay News on MSN11d
Indigenous schools ensure next generations protect Borneo’s ‘omen birds’
By Mongabay.com In the rainforests of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, the Indigenous Dayak Iban listen to what they ...
How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism
In one example, an AI image generator produced an image of what was meant to be an elderly First Nations man – in a ...
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Indonesian farmers fight company's eviction attempts
Around the world: North Sumatra farmers fight eviction against palm oil giant, Garden River First Nation student researches ...