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How a grassroots financing model is helping Indigenous communities save the Amazon

For Erick Alfredo Valerio Benavides, a 43-year-old Indigenous leader of the Iskonawa People from the Peruvian Amazon, the fight to protect…

Via UNEP

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…

Via Mongabay

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.

Via Native News Online

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

Via The Guardian

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…

Via Deadline

Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes’ first Indigenous best actress winner

When Lily Gladstone took the stage Sunday night to accept her first…

Via ABC News

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…

Via Mongabay

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…

Via World Resources Institute
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