Society / Indigenous Peoples

With the Great Barrier Reef and climate targets under threat, Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret explain why this mega mine matters to all of us.

That is the demand of many First Nations people during Canada’s year-long jamboree to mark its 150th anniversary of confederation. Sian Griffiths reports.

Vanessa Baird writes on how agribusiness has mounted a coup against rural Brazilians.

Indigenous communities in Colombia refuse to occupy an empty space in history, and believe their very cultural survival is at stake, reports Hazel Healy.

The native-led resistance at Standing Rock has emphasized environmentalism of a different complexion than is typically associated with ecological activism in the United States, writes Mark Engler.

Mauritian activists have for 45 years been calling for the closure of Diego Garcia and the right of return for Chagossians, Lindsey Collen reports.

Roxana Olivera talks to Goldman Environment Prize winner Máxima Acuña.

Roxana Olivera meets indigenous women in Peru who are still waiting for justice, two decades after being forcibly sterilized.

Though the deal was a dud, this was no Copenhagen, argue Jess Worth and Danny Chivers.

The Sámi are the indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia and were in Paris with other indigenous to fight for climate justice. Ragnhild Freng Dale explains.

Amy Hall reports on the threat to remote communities in Australia.

Ragnhild Freng Dale on a recent win and the ongoing fight for recognition.

Ximena S Warnaars reports on an unprecedented agreement in Peru.

Some good news this month.

Jess Worth joins the Dirty Oil Tour to highlight human rights abuses by mining companies.

Strange goings-on in the trial of indigenous protesters accused of killing police in Bagua. Roxana Olivera reports from the Peruvian Amazon.

A New Zealand river has been granted unprecedented legal rights after a century of Maori pressure. Jen Wilton reports.

Half of the 200 indigenous languages spoken in Australia before the British arrived have died and fewer than 20 are being taught to the next generation. But Katrina Power is one of those busy bucking the trend.

Nora Marks Dauenhauer was born in 1927 into the Tlingit aboriginal nation of Alaska. A poet, short-story writer and scholar, she has dedicated much of her life to preserving and promoting the Tlingit language.

The investigative journalist and filmmaker tells Hazel Healy about his new film, and explains why Australia is still on an international ‘shame list’.