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By Jessica Valois and Daeran Gall The old model of 'feeding the world' is being replaced by giving people the...
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By Jeremy Warren - The StarPhoenix Grace Lafond-Barr believes healing starts in the home, so she moved her family to...
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by Aljazeera An oil pipeline approved for development across the US state of New Mexico has prompted members of the...
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by Laura Paskus For centuries, the Diné people have raised their families and livestock on the high desert lands of...
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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation response to NDP Majority Victory in Alberta
The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) are ecstatic with the results of the last nights election ushering in a new NDP majority government in Alberta. It is clear that Albertans also want change and we are encouraged this government will take the time to do the proper assessments that evoke...
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Committee for Future Generations Experience the World Uranium Symposium 2015 in Quebec City
By Candyce Paul From April 14 – 16, 2015 Kirstin Scansen, Marius Paul and Candyce Paul, of Committee for Future Generations, participated in this important conference, with professionals and grassroots indigenous people from 20 countries and 5 continents. The Cree of Eeyou Istchee were one of the primary sponsors. They...
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May 1st Action against forced closures in Australia
These photos were taken in Moruya, New South Wales, one of hundreds of local and regional protests against the forced closures of Aboriginal Communities:
#INMroots Resistance in the Blood
Welcome to #INMroots Number Seven! The goal of the #INMroots newsletter is to share news stories that promote Indigenous rights and sovereignty and the protection of land and water. The newsletter will share our stories and actions, and honour resistance, while celebrating the world that we are protecting. We...
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United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues April 20- May 1, 2015
"RealityThe impact will not endure-of that you can be sureand conquest is not my questmuch less my address. or redress:so that there thenNOWyou may begin to seeI don't fly by doctrinesinstead weNations of Indigenous PeoplesAre, have been, will permanently be-reality" -Chantlaca In 2008 the very first session of the UN...
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Fire Destroys Everything for One Navajo Nation Family
In late April Brenda Lee and her children lost everything they own in a fire. With little money for extras, insurance for many Native families is just not an option. This family has lost absolutely everything will be starting over again with the kindness of family, friends, community and quite...
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Music Video Mele ma ka Mauna: "Warrior Rising" by Hawane Rios
"In tears as I watch powerful and beautiful moments of this Mountain Movement flow to the message of Warrior Rising. It is truly a beautiful time to be alive."
Eviction: Nicaragua –A death in the forest
The front line fight to stop deforestation is led by patrols of the Indigenous people of Awas-Tingni. Although granted their land rights in 2003 unscrupulous businessmen are still selling off parts of the land to newcomers and invaders who are decimating the forests. Patrollers from the Mayangna community, of the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve, are now risking their lives to protect what is theirs as conflicts can turn violent. Find out more in this short film:
Idle No More in Solidarity with Ayotzinapa
Idle No More in Solidarity with Ayotzinapa On September 26, 2014, 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teachers' College, in Iguala, went missing after they were attacked by state police and gunmen. Three students were killed and forty three “disappeared.” The bodies of the disappeared students have never been found and...
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#INMroots Protecting our scared mountains from Mount Polley to Mauna Kea
Welcome to #INMroots Number Six! The goal of the #INMroots newsletter is to share news stories that promote Indigenous rights and sovereignty and the protection of land and water. The newsletter will share our stories and actions, and honour resistance, while celebrating the world that we are protecting.
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