Category: Global Exchange
West Papuan Self-determination vs. genocide
Dateline’s report on the Ethnic cleansing and genocide issues in West Papua.
Read moreBotswana Gives Bushmen Tough Conditions
Botswana’s government Thursday accepted a court order to allow the Bushmen, the nation’s last hunter-gatherers, to live on their ancestral lands. But at the same time, officials imposed tough conditions…
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Natives of Guam Decry U.S. Expansion Plan
A Pentagon plan for a massive military build-up on the Pacific island of Guam is meeting with resistance by ethnic Chamorros who live there and the Chamorro diaspora in the…
Read moreForest People in India Take War on Evictions to the Cities
For many years the issue of tribal rights over forests remained low-key as petty officials collected bribes and chickens from tribals and in return allowed them to cultivate the fields….
Read moreIndigenous organizations launch an appeal for peace in Malakal
A consortium of indigenous organizations operating in Upper Nile State of Southern Sudan are shocked and dismayed at news regarding the serious fighting which took place in Malakal between the…
Read moreWorld gene-mapping project hitting snags
The National Geographic Society’s multimillion-dollar project to collect DNA from indigenous groups around the world in the hopes of reconstructing humanity’s ancient migrations has come to a standstill on its…
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Massive land reform passed in Bolivia
Bolivian President Evo Morales signed into law several progressive measures on Nov. 28, including a bill to reclaim tens of thousands of square kilometers of unproductive land from wealthy farmers
Read moreIndigenous People Gaining Ground (On Paper)
For the first time ever, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has devoted a chapter to indigenous peoples in its annual Social Panorama report on the…
Read moreIndigenous Groups Tell WIPO,
This week, a key World Intellectual Property Organization committee is debating policies related to the protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and genetic resources with an eye to…
Read moreA New UNPO for the Challenges of a New Century
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has held its VIII General Assembly (GA), and deliberated on organizational reform to strengthen UNPO and its upcoming activities around the world.
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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