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News Articles: indigenous people

Indigenous women of Amazonia speak to the media at a press conference during United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29.

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  • Climate

Disappointed by this year's climate talks, Indigenous advocates look to Brazil in 2025

Indigenous advocates called the final agreement in Azerbaijan "drastically insufficient." Now they're focusing on next year's global climate summit in Brazil where Indigenous participation is expected to be historic.

November 29, 2024
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By:
  • Nate Perez
A performer from the Native American Hoop Dance of Ballet Arizona dances at an Indigenous Peoples Day festival Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in Phoenix.

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  • National

Sunrise gatherings and dances mark celebration of culture on Indigenous Peoples Day

The ceremonies Monday came two years after President Joe Biden officially commemorated the day honoring "America's first inhabitants and the Tribal Nations that continue to thrive today."

October 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Flag of the Muscogee Nation featureing the Great Seal of the same. A plow next to a sheaf of wheat backed by a blue sky.

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  • History

Macon-Bibb County flies the Muscogee Nation flag above the city

The flag of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma now flies atop Macon’s City Hall. 

January 20, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The Etowah Mounds site in Bartow County.

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  • History

Muscogee Nation and Georgia officials will cooperate on restoring the sacred to the tribe

Hundreds of indigenous people disinterred by archaeologists at the historic Etowah Mounds in Northwest Georgia will be returned to their descendants with the cooperation of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

January 06, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
In this 2011 video frame released by Brazil's National Indian Foundation, an indigenous man is seen in the forest in Rondonia, Brazil. Video footage was released in 2018 by Brazil's Indian Foundation of the man who is believed to be the last surviving member of his tribe. His death was announced this weekend.

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  • World

The last member of a tribe in Brazil has died, pulling Indigenous rights into focus

The "Man of the Hole" lived in isolation and resisted contact for decades after the rest of his tribe was massacred. His death precedes Brazil's elections, where Indigenous rights are on the ballot.

August 30, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Pope Francis meets the Canadian Indigenous people as he arrives at Edmonton's International airport, Canada, on Sunday.

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  • Religion

Pope is set to make historic apology to Indigenous peoples for school abuses in Canada

Pope Francis is expected to apologize for generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada. Thousands of children died from disease, fire and other causes.

July 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A textbook published by Hodder Education asks students whether treatment of Native Americans was "exaggerated." The textbook is no longer being sold, Hodder said.

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  • Education

Textbook that asked if treatment of Native Americans was 'exaggerated' is recalled

Hodder Education, the publisher of the textbook, said it was removing the book from sale and would conduct a review of the content.

October 27, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Aerial view of rain forest. Daintree River. Daintree National Park. Queensland Australia.

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  • Environment

A historic rainforest and other lands have been returned to Indigenous Australians

The Queensland government agreed to return more than 160,000 hectares of land, including the historic Daintree National Park, to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji community.

October 05, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Doviaza's maps overlay the daily number of COVID cases reported by the health ministry (depicted as the spike protein of the virus, shown in red) with locations of indigenous communities (dark green).

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  • Global Health

How One Man – And A Creative Map – Made A Difference In Panama's COVID-19 Crisis

When COVID-19 hit, cartographer Carlos Doviaza wanted to help his "brothers" — members of the indigenous community. He decided to help by doing what he does best: making maps.

April 06, 2021
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  • Sofia Moutinho
Visitors take photos at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in March 2020. Jungle Cruise, one of the original Disney parks' rides, is getting a 21st century remodel by "imagineers" at the Disneyland park in California and the Magic Kingdom park in Florida with a new storyline and characters that "reflect and value the diversity of the world around us," Disney said in a blog post last week.

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  • National

Disney Revamps Jungle Cruise Ride To Remove Racist Depictions Of Indigenous People

The ride's negative depictions of Indigenous people will be removed as part of a national reckoning on race and reconciliation.

February 02, 2021
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By:
  • Danielle Prieur
An American flag with an image of a Native American on it in To'Hajiilee Indian Reservation in New Mexico. In California, a vaccine allocation committee is considering taking historical injustice into account in advance of a statewide rollout.

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  • Health

California May Consider 'Historical Injustice' When Allocating COVID-19 Vaccine

Could earlier access to the vaccine for some groups, like Native Americans, be a form of reparations for historical injustice?

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • April Dembosky

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