LOS ANGELES, Feb 26 — Scott George spends his weekdays providing affordable housing for Native American families in Oklahoma, and his weekends singing at traditional Osage dances. That schedule will have to be interrupted next month as he travels to Hollywood for the Oscars, where the song he wrote for Martin Scorsese will compete with … Read more
PUEBLO BELLO (Colombia), Feb 25 — In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada mountains. As a “consequence of man’s actions, it is slowly warming, more every year,” one of the men says … Read more
Ottawa, On, Feb. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the constitutional validity of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the “Act”) in a historic and unanimous judgement. The Act (previously known as Bill C-92) is an innovative and piece of federal legislation that … Read more
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 19 — The African Swine Fever (ASF) is devastatingly affecting Sabah and Sarawak by threatening food security for indigenous communities, the natural ecosystem, and the wildlife population. Advertisement IUCN Wild Pigs Specialist Group former chairman professor Erik Meijaard, in a letter for a science journal, claimed that the virus that has swept … Read more
KOTA KINABALU, Dec 22 — The proposal to amend the Federal Constitution relating to citizenship could have a big impact on indigenous community in the interior, especially those who are still fighting to get their citizenship. Founder of Anak (Advocates for Non-discrimination and Access to Knowledge), Anne Baltazar, said this following the case of Tabias … Read more
NOVEMBER 23 — The Sabah and Sarawak Chapters of CSO Platform for Reform are deeply concerned over the proposed Federal Constitution amendment on citizenship that was announced by KDN Minister Saifuddin Nasution, that will adversely affect the Indigenous Peoples of Sabah and Sarawak who are still stateless or hold the MyPR instead of the MyKad. … Read more
BRASILIA: A Brazilian indigenous organisation asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday to investigate President Jair Bolsonaro for “genocide” and “ecocide,” accusing him of persecuting native peoples and destroying their homelands. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
BANGKOK: A vast forest complex in Thailand has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, despite the UN’s own experts warning of human rights violations against indigenous people in the area. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
MONTREAL: The western Canadian Penelakut Tribe says it has found more than 160 unmarked graves near the site of a former indigenous boarding school, Canada’s fourth discovery of this kind in recent weeks. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
OTTAWA: Another 182 unmarked graves were discovered at a third former indigenous residential school in Canada as two Catholic Churches went up in flames on Wednesday, with anger mounting over the mushrooming abuse scandal. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
