Beyond their shared experiences of oppression and Islamist colonial occupation, the speakers also expressed concern about ...

The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Christophe El Kassis, insists on the need for the rights ...

What happens when the right to love who you want becomes an act of resistance? Peruvian filmmaker Sami Hawka is developing a ...

An often marginalized group, Indigenous peoples the world over are a key demographic of development assistance. This is what experts say every development professional should know about the ...

Nearly seven years ago, the B.C. legislature unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Around 476 million people identify or are identified as belonging to Indigenous peoples, representing approximately five percent of the global population. Indigenous languages, identities, forms of ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Indigenous rights in a landmark case that weighed the constitutionality of establishing a time limit for making claims to ancestral territory. Nine of the ...

(São Paulo) – Brazil should not impose an arbitrary cutoff date that curtails the land rights of Indigenous peoples, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Solicitor General Jorge Messias. His ...

Montreal, Canada – Indigenous communities are demanding a leadership role in the protection of global biodiversity, as a United Nations conference on saving critical ecosystems is putting a spotlight ...

A study of DNA from early colonial-era skeletons in a Montreal cemetery has revealed that none of them had any Indigenous ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indigenous peoples are effective custodians of biodiversity, lands, and seas, while sustaining distinct cultural, social and economic values of ...

Right-wing candidates made big gains in both houses of Congress in Brazil’s Oct. 4 general election. Brazil’s main Indigenous ...