On November 12, 2010 the government of Canada finally formally endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The government's official statement falls far short of actual endorsement, however, emphasizing that the declaration "does not reflect customary international law nor change Canadian laws" and further emphasizing Canada's objection to most of the major rights spelled out in the declaration.
By Sin Bolai, Program Officer, Conserve Indigenous Peoples Language Organization
By Rama Wijaya (Ma’la’bo’)
Before we began broadcasting about mining, we were already witnessing changes around us. The forests in our highlands were slowly being cleared. Trucks passed through village roads more frequently. Rivers that once ran clear began to turn cloudy after heavy rain. Farmers started questioning whether their soil would remain fertile. In Mamasa, environmental change is not an abstract issue. It is something we see, hear, and feel every day.
By Pardo Mwetaminwa, Coordinator, Union of Indigenous Peoples for Peace and Endogenous Development (UPADE)
In the remote villages of the Fizi region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a quiet but powerful change is taking place. For years, Indigenous communities watched as their ancestral lands and territories were dug up and their rivers turned cloudy by mining companies. Families saw their fields destroyed and did not know how to speak out, or who would listen. That silence has now been broken.
Stand with the A’uwẽ-Xavante Peoples! Sign the petition and help defend Ró, their right to self-determination, and their right to keep dreaming.
By Veronique Wanyema Saleh, Coordinator, Femmes Pymees en Action (FEPA), Radio Kivu, FM Congo
El 9 de agosto se conmemora el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo. Cada día honramos la soberanía, la riqueza y la belleza de los pueblos, las lenguas y los modos de vida Indígenas.
Guatemala, 5 de agosto de 2026. Luis Pacheco y Héctor Chaclán (ambos de origen Maya K'iche'), expresidente y extesorero de la Junta Directiva de los 48 Cantones de Totonicapán, recuperaron su libertad este miércoles tras permanecer recluidos desde el 25 de abril de 2025 en la cárcel Mariscal Zavala. Un juez les otorgó medidas sustitutivas que les permitirán enfrentar el resto del proceso penal fuera de prisión.
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.
