Recent News Headlines : Land Rights

CANADIAN OIL FIRM PULLS OUT OF NATIONAL PARK IN AMAZON


A Canadian-headquartered company, Pacific Exploration and Production, has pulled out of a huge oil and gas concession overlapping a new national park in the Peruvian Amazon... READ MORE

23rd April, 2017 1836

'THE OTHER SIDE OF HUMANITY': THE NECESSITY OF DARK TOURISM


This can become even more complicated when the site has importance for Australia's Indigenous peoples... READ MORE

30th March, 2017 59

WINNIPEG WOMAN VYING FOR MISS INDIAN WORLD TITLE


Every year in April, thousands of Indigenous people across from North America travel to Albuquerque, N.M... READ MORE

30th March, 2017 2153

THE CINTA LARGA AND THE CURSE OF THE DIAMONDS


How illegal diamond mining is threatening the way of life of the Cinta Larga indigenous group in Brazil... READ MORE

27th March, 2017 403

CAN VIDEO GAMES, EARLY START AND FINISH TIMES BE THE SECRETS TO A BETTER EDUCATION?


The Year 5 class at Merrylands East Public School, in Sydney's south-west, is undertaking a unique class project... READ MORE

12th March, 2017 313

LOOKING FOR THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD? HEAD TO NORTHERN QUEBEC


Seven Inuit runners from Salluit ran the Big Island Half-Marathon in Hawaii last month... READ MORE

12th March, 2017 4576

'INDIGENOUS PROTECTED AREAS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THEM, TAKING CARE OF THEM'


The conference is being hosted by the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association... READ MORE

6th March, 2017 1439

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POPE FRANCIS IN ECUADOR CALLS FOR MORE PROTECTION OF RAIN FOREST AND ITS PEOPLE


Koenig, whose group works with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon... READ MORE

8th July, 2015 7328

A MUSEUM ABOUT RIGHTS, AND A LEGACY OF UNCOMFORTABLE CANADIAN TRUTHS


WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Canadian Museum for Human Rights offers many opportunities for contemplation... READ MORE

6th October, 2016 6187

WILLIAM AND KATE URGED TO CONFRONT PAST COLONIAL WRONGS IN CANADA


Canada is rated sixth in the world when it comes to the United Nations Human Development Index... READ MORE

23rd September, 2016 5791

AMAZON TRIBESWOMEN ESCAPE BACK TO FOREST AFTER REJECTING CIVILIZATION


The Awa tribe lives on the eastern fringe of Brazil's Amazon rain forest. It is estimated that the population of the Awa totals just 450 people... READ MORE

10th September, 2016 5437

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION FINAL REPORT POINTS TO 'GROWING CRISIS' FOR INDIGENOUS YOUTH


Truth and Reconciliation final report points to 'growing crisis' for indigenous youth... READ MORE

15th December, 2015 1401

POPE CALLS UNFETTERED CAPITALISM 'THE DUNG OF THE DEVIL'


He also called for an end to what he said was the genocide of Christians taking place in the Middle East and beyond... READ MORE

10th July, 2015 1355

'CONTINUATION OF DISRESPECT OF NATIVE PEOPLES'


The impending highway was designed to give commuters in Phoenix, the sixth-largest city in the United States, an easier way of navigating the city... READ MORE

28th January, 2017 1230

JUNA-PERO SERRA'S BRUTAL STORY IN SPOTLIGHT AS POPE PREPARES FOR CANONISATION


Natives travelled to California and Washington this week to protest against Serra's elevation in person... READ MORE

23rd September, 2015 1002

SPATE OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS SHOCK CANADIAN COMMUNITY


First Nation refers to non-Inuit and non-Metis indigenous people in Canada... READ MORE

12th April, 2016 858

'LANDMARK RULING' GIVES OTTAWA JURISDICTION OVER ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE


However, the ruling also does not distinguish which communities are Metis and which are non-status Indians... READ MORE

15th April, 2016 748

EVEN THE MILITARY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT AN ENDANGERED AMAZON TRIBE


Brazil's armed forces ejected hundreds of settlers from an indigenous reserve. A year later, outsiders are back... READ MORE

8th November, 2015 645

OTTAWA POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER URGES OFFICER'S SUSPENSION OVER RACIST COMMENTS


In an interview on CBC's Ottawa Morning Thursday, Chief Charles Bordeleau said the comments reflect neither his values nor those of the Ottawa Police Service... READ MORE

30th September, 2016 621

DALAI LAMA SAYS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MUST MAINTAIN CULTURE


The Dalai Lama at Uluru Laura Murphy-Oates To preserve their traditional culture, value and modern value I think should combine... READ MORE

14th June, 2015 610

'THE STRUGGLE HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT SAVING THE PLANET'


Naidoo is now at the end of his six-year stint as head of Greenpeace and is preparing to head home to his native South Africa... READ MORE

31st December, 2015 586

WORLD INDIGENOUS GAMES DRAW 2,000 ATHLETES AMID PROTESTS OVER GROUPS' RIGHTS


According to the Catholic church's Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples Cimi, 138 indigenous people were killed in clashes over land last year, a rise of 130 percent over 2013... READ MORE

29th October, 2015 583

TOP GUATEMALAN BEAUTY SPOT MIRED IN INDIGENOUS RIGHTS CONFLICT


Conap promotional material states that Semuc Champey means where the river hides beneath the earth in the Q'eqchi language... READ MORE

17th December, 2016 549

HUGH JACKMAN BACKS WA REMOTE COMMUNITIES OVER CLOSURES


Danny Teece-Johnson NITV You said publicly that you only grew up after spending time in a remote Aboriginal community!... READ MORE

20th March, 2015 491

5 THINGS AN INQUIRY ON MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN SHOULD CONSIDER


Missing and murdered indigenous women 5 things an inquiry should consider... READ MORE

7th January, 2016 270

60% OF FIRST NATION CHILDREN ON RESERVE LIVE IN POVERTY, INSTITUTE SAYS


Poverty rates are highest for First Nations kids on reserves in Manitoba at 76 per cent and Saskatchewan at 69 per cent, the study found... READ MORE

17th May, 2016 237

INDIGENOUS HEALTH: WEALTHY NATIONS NOT ALWAYS BETTER THAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES


Exclusive The Lancet journal and Australia's Lowitja Institute release landmark report on health in the world's indigenous populations... READ MORE

21st April, 2016 190

BISHOP BACKS PM AFTER ABORIGINAL 'LIFESTYLE' COMMENTS


Previous Next Hide Grid Julie Bishop does not think Tony Abbott's comments that indigenous people in remote communities have made lifestyle choices has hindered reconciliation... READ MORE

14th March, 2015 171

2 PROVINCES HAVE CONCERNS OVER TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR NATIONAL INQUIRY


Stefanson also said her province, which counts one of the largest Indigenous population in the country, wants the federal government to appoint a commissioner from Manitoba... READ MORE

14th July, 2016 163

AFN'S PERRY BELLEGARDE TO ATTEND CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS IN PARIS


Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde will be attending the climate change talks in Paris... READ MORE

26th November, 2015 158

AFTER 8-MONTH INQUEST, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHY 4 OF 7 FIRST NATIONS YOUTH DIED IN THUNDER BAY, ONT.


Inquest dubs 3 First Nations youth deaths accidental, while 4 others remain a mystery... READ MORE

29th June, 2016 147

BLANKET EXERCISE A 'RECONCILIATION TOOL' THAT TEACHES INDIGENOUS HISTORY


Known as the blanket exercise, participants stand on blankets that represent the lands inhabited by indigenous people that eventually became Canada... READ MORE

13th January, 2016 145

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OFFICE LASHES OUT AT GEORGE BRANDIS OVER FUNDING CUTS


To community legal centre, legal aid commissions and Indigenous legal services, reinstating the funding for another two years... READ MORE

31st March, 2015 130

BERTA CACERES ONE OF HUNDREDS OF LAND PROTESTERS MURDERED IN LAST DECADE


But the violence pre-dates the records assembled by Global Witness, with the infamous murder of Chico Mendes by a rancher occuring back in 1988... READ MORE

4th March, 2016 121

GLOBAL INDIGENOUS YOUTH TAKING THE PLANET IN THEIR HANDS


It was 2009 and a severe storm had battered Kingscliff, her home on the east coast of Australia... READ MORE

26th June, 2016 111

INDIGENOUS WOMAN DIES IN CUSTODY AFTER POLICE FAIL TO INFORM SUPPORT SERVICE


We're also very concerned that the ALS was not notified of Ms Maher's death by NSW police, said Mr Oliver... READ MORE

16th August, 2016 111

ABORIGINAL WOMAN'S GRISLY DEATH FORCES AUSTRALIA TO CONFRONT RACIAL DIVIDE


No one knows exactly when Adrian Attwater and Paul Maris entered Daley's orbit... READ MORE

17th December, 2016 85


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