For Erick Alfredo Valerio Benavides, a 43-year-old Indigenous leader of the Iskonawa People from the Peruvian Amazon, the fight to protect the rainforest began with something deeply personal — his language.
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Ecuador must improve conditions for uncontacted Indigenous communities, human rights court rules
An international court published its ruling this month that the Ecuadorian government was responsible for a long list of human rights violations against uncontacted Indigenous communities in the Amazon Rainforest.
Leonard Peltier Freed from Federal Prison
After almost 49 years of incarceration, American Indian Movement (AIM) member Leonard Peltier was released from prison this morning.
Biden commutes life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, 80
Native American activist spent half a century in prison over 1975 murder of two FBI agents in South Dakota
NatGeo’s ‘The Territory’, About Indigenous Brazilian Group’s Daring Fight To Protect Their Land, Wins Emmy For Exceptional Merit
Their film centers on the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people, who face constant assault as they try to protect their territory within Brazil’s Amazon rainforest from invasion by outsiders.
Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes’ first Indigenous best actress winner
When Lily Gladstone took the stage Sunday night to accept her first Golden Globe, she spoke to the live TV audience in the Blackfeet language.
End of impunity for Indigenous killings in sight for Brazil’s Guajajara
Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed in November 2019 in an alleged ambush by illegal loggers in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in Brazil’s Maranhão state.
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are the World’s Secret Weapon in Curbing Climate Change
The world’s Indigenous Peoples and communities are more important players in the battle against climate change than anyone ever knew.
Brazil: “A momentous, historic victory” for Indigenous people as Supreme Court rejects Time Limit Trick
Opponents of Indigenous rights in Brazil have suffered a major setback after the Supreme Court rejected a proposal that threatened hundreds of Indigenous territories.
Ecuador: Victory for uncontacted tribes as oil drilling blocked in historic referendum
In a historic referendum, people in Ecuador have voted to block oil drilling on uncontacted tribes’ land in the Yasuní National Park.
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