Tag: Indigenous
Rights of indigenous peoples – New Zealand: Maori want to prevent their rights from being dismantled – News
Contents New Zealand’s new government wants to restrict the rights of indigenous people. But they don’t want to accept that. What is it about? In New Zealand, more than 10,000…
In Brazil, gold miners are back in the Yanomami indigenous reserve
An illegal mine in the Yanomami indigenous reserve, Brazil, January 10, 2024. UESLEI MARCELINO / REUTERS A year after the Brazilian government’s attempted expulsion of thousands of illegal gold miners…
Wind farm in Norway – Conflict with indigenous people over Fosen wind farm is coming to a head – News
Contents Europe’s largest onshore wind turbine in Norway continues to operate despite being declared illegal by the Supreme Court. The indigenous Sami population with their reindeer are demanding the demolition…
In Canada, the federal court approves a historic compensation agreement of more than $23 billion for Indigenous children and their families
Canadian justice approved on Tuesday, October 24, the largest compensation agreement in the country’s history: 23.4 billion Canadian dollars (15.8 billion euros) in compensation for indigenous people and their families…
an indigenous case recorded for the first time in Ile-de-France
This is a first in mainland France at such a latitude: an autochthonous case of dengue, that is to say probably transmitted locally by a mosquito, was recorded in Ile-de-France,…
Nobel Peace Prize could reward defenders of the environment, women and indigenous people
OSLO/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are among the favorites for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say advocates for the rights…
In Brazil, indigenous people win a crucial trial to save their lands
A Xokleng celebrates the vote of Brazil’s Supreme Court on the rights of indigenous people to their land, in Brasilia, September 21, 2023. UESLEI MARCELINO / REUTERS Defenders of indigenous…
In the American West, bikers against violence against indigenous women
There road captain leads the way, a frail silhouette at the controls of a 300-kilogram Harley-Davidson. Behind her, about twenty bikers, in leather jackets trimmed in red, on monsters of…
In Argentina, lithium at the heart of tensions with indigenous communities
During a demonstration against a provincial constitutional reform, in Purmamarca, in the province of Jujuy (Argentina), June 17, 2023. EDGARDO A. VALERA / AFP “Water is worth more than lithium”,…
Saint-Denis and Marseille launch a network against indigenous housing
Marseille and Saint-Denis on Wednesday launched a “network of cities against unfit housing”, announced in a press release the mayors of these municipalities particularly affected by this scourge. Where the…
“Eureka”, Lisandro Alonso as a shaman of the indigenous condition
Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso, in Cannes, May 20, 2023. CHLOE SHARROCK/MYOP FOR “THE WORLD” CANNES PREMIÈRE – OUT OF COMPETITION The Cannes Film Festival sometimes looks so much like a…
In Canada, “the Catholic Church initiated a colonial mentality where it was a question of making indigenous children good Christians”
“The ‘doctrine of discovery’ is not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church. » This statement, made on March 30 in a note of two dicasteries (equivalent to ministries)…