indigenous peoples
How Ecuadorians saved Yasuní
Danny Chivers reports on how the people of Ecuador voted against the oil giants and for the Yasuní National Park.
Tackling Canada’s opioid crisis
Karin Goodwin reports from Vancouver on how reconnecting with their Indigenous culture is helping women heal.
View from Brazil: Agribusiness lobby scuppers climate gains
Brazil wants to be a beacon in the fight against global warming, Leonardo Sakamoto writes. Its powerful agribusiness lobby has a different view.
Independence thwarted, for now, in French Pacific
The non-indigenous people of New Caledonia assumed they would easily win an independence referendum. The results were a surprise. Nic Maclellan reports.
Namibia’s long fight for justice
Communities that were decimated by Germany’s forgotten genocide are now demanding justice. Gouri Sharma reports.
Paraguay: An unequal land
Paraguay’s land activists are under attack. Toby Hill profiles the country’s precarious democracy.
No celebration of colonization
Why First Nations people boycotted Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation. Sian Griffiths reports.
VIDEO: ‘This is cultural genocide’
Colombia’s Indigenous communities fight for cultural survival. Hazel Healy reports.
Making waves: Prafulla Samantara
Indian land rights activist Prafulla Samantara talks to Veronique Mistiaen.
The drumbeat of West Papuan resistance
‘The struggle is in the song, and the song is in the struggle.’ West Papuan musician Ronny Kareni explains the vital role of Melanesian culture in the fight for freedom.
Indigenous Colombians demand an end to violence
Caught in the middle of an ongoing conflict between the government and the rebel FARC, community leaders denounce the war and call for immediate demilitarization. William Lloyd George reports.
Battle lines drawn over the Amazon
Legitimate indigenous protests against Peru’s latest free trade agreements have led to bloodshed following the Government’s decision to send in the military. Ben Powless reports.