News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 64
Belo Monte Dam Can No Longer Ignore Native Communities
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (IPS) - A judicial order to halt construction of the Belo Monte dam in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest may be just one more battle in a long-drawn-out war in the courts over the controversial hydroelectric project.
"We Are All Indigenous to Mother Earth, But We Have Forgotten"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10 (IPS) - Among Tiokasin Ghosthorse's childhood memories is the “reign of terror” that engulfed the Lakota native reservations from 1973 to 1976 following the 72-day indigenous occupation at Wounded Knee.
Rescuing an Art to Save a People
- Inter Press Service
CARAVIRI, Bolivia, Aug 07 (IPS) - Sitting on the floor, deep in concentration, Marta Llampa interlaces red and black threads that converge in sinuous shapes, gradually forming khurus or mythical creatures through a unique, age-old technique rescued from extinction by the Jalq'a people.
Native Peoples Take on Threadbare Stereotypes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 06 (IPS) - With the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples coming up on Thursday, native communities are increasingly using media to challenge a legacy of stereotypes.
Where Are Canada's Missing Native Women?
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Jul 31 (IPS) - First Nations’ leaders are calling on the Canadian government to establish an independent commission of inquiry to investigate at least 582 missing and murdered indigenous women and girls - a wish which was not immediately granted by provincial premiers meeting last week.
Native Canadians Fear Mining Boom in "Ring of Fire"
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Jul 30 (IPS) - With accusations that Canadian resource companies and government officials are disregarding the need for indigenous consent in development projects, First Nations leaders have lashed out by approving a resolution calling for a moratorium on mining development in the so-called Ring of Fire until proper consultation begins.
Children Injured in Police Crackdown on Chile’s Mapuche Indians
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jul 27 (IPS) - “We have been trampled by this racist Chilean state, which oppresses us. The police force represses all Mapuche people…they shoot at us in cold blood.”
Bolivia’s Indigenous Women Seek the Political Kingdom
- Inter Press Service
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia, Jul 26 (IPS) - A growing number of Bolivia's indigenous women are participating in politics, ready to break the barriers of gender and ethnicity.
Guyana's Gold Boom Brings Pollution and Conflict
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 19 (IPS) - Pedro Melville, 62, a father of nine from Guyana's northwestern gold and manganese mining district of Matthew’s Ridge, sees the impacts of unchecked prospecting on the local environment every day.
Women Rights Defenders Targeted in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - There has been an alarming increase over the past two years in violence against women human rights defenders and journalists in Mexico, according to women’s human rights organisations.
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