Globally, there are more than 476 million Indigenous peoples residing in over 90 countries who represent at least 5000 unique cultures, and who constitute approximately 6% of the global population.1 ...

One of the things that makes Ecuador so interesting is the continuous determination of artists, curators, historians and ...

Some 1,200 Indigenous people from Colombia’s southwestern departments have gathered peacefully in Bogotá’s Plaza de Bolívar ...

This bulletin devoted to Global Indigenous Peoples News, part of the Glocal Exchange project of Weave News, seeks to ...

Here’s what you need to know about one of the fastest-growing environmental and social movements worldwide—to secure legal ...

They soon learned that the institution was notorious for refusing to return Indigenous items, in open violation of NAGPRA. “The problem with NAGPRA was that it had no teeth,” said Gonzalez. The ...

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

The court also ruled that Ecuador must honor the results of a 2023 referendum, in which voters chose to stop oil operations ...

and people. This ecosystem is called a "chakra," which operates on principles similar to agroforestry and permaculture, emphasizing high biodiversity among the surrounding flora and fauna. Indigenous ...

Over the past two decades, photographer Irina Werning has traveled around Latin America with a specific directive in mind: ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands ...

SOUTH-EAST Asia has not been at the forefront of promoting human rights. In the case of the rights of indigenous peoples, the region’s record is arguably even more concerning. Among the member ...