Indigenous Peoples

David Hill says the centenary of the Putumayo massacre is a reminder of why ‘progress’ gets such a bad name.

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Asháninka communities are locked in a cold war with the government and their neighbours says Izzi Myers.

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Danny Chivers on how the UK Tar Sands Network got a room of influential delegates to laugh at the Canadian Environment Minister.

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Calling a plantation a ‘forest’ is like branding a big swimming pool a ‘lake’ says Friends of the Earth’s Isaac Rojas.

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In her latest post from India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara explains how a group of local indigenous children gained pride in their ancestry.

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The struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of Africa’s last colony is long - and largely ignored, writes filmmaker Dominic Brown.

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The award-winning author, poet and activist considers herself above all a daughter of the Earth, as she explains to Frank Barat.

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As Olympic fever fades, Mari Marcel Thekaekara celebrates a less ruthless approach to play seen in India’s indigenous communities.

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Phil Clarke-Hill explains why locals have spent the last 20 years fighting the construction of the world’s third largest hydroelectric project.

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A journalist, an expedition and the Arrow People add up to a life-changing read for David Hill.

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One man’s drive to teach dalit children chess is putting pride back into a community, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

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