How awesome is this? Leo DiCaprio is walking is talk! It would be nice if he did something for the Indigenous people of N. America too. Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $3.4M to Indigenous Groups in the Ecuadorian Amazon When Leonardo DiCaprio accepted his Golden Globe Award for Best Actor on January 10, he dedicated his award […]
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SOTA: Indigenous Leaders Share Prophecy of Reunion of Condor and Eagle
SOTA: Indigenous Leaders Share the Prophecy of the Reunion of the Condor and Eagle
Indigenous Issues
Indigenous Issues People gain their identities through a relationship with their land and through a relationship with their sacred cultural traditions. When you take a people’s land and traditions you prevent identity formation for an entire nation. Someone who takes on another identity is cultural appropriation – but theft of land and traditions is identity […]
Indigenous Peoples of China
Indigenous peoples of China Two terms, Miao and Hmong, are both currently used to refer to one of the aboriginal peoples of China. They live mainly in southern China, in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and Hubei. According to the 1989 census, their number in China was estimated to be about 7 […]
Seattle City Council Passes Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resolution
Seattle City Council Passes Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resolution This coming Monday is a federal holiday recognized as Columbus Day, in honor of a colonizer who never even set foot in what is now the United States of America. But, starting this year, Seattle will celebrate it as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Local Natives, including Tulalip and […]
Minneapolis Changes Columbus Day To Indigenous Peoples Day
It’s about time! This should have been done a long time ago! Now the rest of the US needs to follow! Minneapolis City Council Minneapolis changes Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day By Aaron Rupar Fri., Apr. 25 2014 at 10:15 AM Categories: Minneapolis City Council, Racism — Update at bottom with statement from Mayor Betsy Hodges — Columbus Day is no […]
The ‘Two-Spirit’ People of Indigenous North Americans
“Quite similar religious traditions existed among the native peoples of Siberia and many parts of Central and southeast Asia. Since the ancestors of Native Americans migrated from Siberia over 20,000 years ago, and since reports of highly respected androgynous persons have been noted among indigenous Americans from Alaska to Chile, androgyny seems to be quite […]
Indigenous National Day of Mourning: “We Are All Human Beings”
Indigenous National Day Of Mourning: “We Are All Human Beings” Before noon, Anawon drummed and sang; it was an honor song and the notes caught in the heart of the asymmetrical down beats of the drum were like the choke of emotion in the voice of the wolf, mourning the dead. He sang the song for […]
Global War Against Indigenous: Imperialists Scramble, Land, Resources
Global war against indigenous intensifying as imperialists scramble for land and resources A new report on minorities and indigenous people warns that the global ‘intensification’ in the exploitation of natural resources is leading to mounting conflicts for the world’s 370 million indigenous people. The report for 2012 by the London-based human rights group, Minority Rights […]
Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Determination
Supporting Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Determination Opening panel from Building a Solidarity City Audio from the opening panel of the Building a Solidarity City conference in Montreal on Nov. 23, 2013. Panelists included: * Ellen Gabriel: Ellen (Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, Turtle Clan) is an Indigenous human rights activist, former head of the Quebec Native Women’s Association, chosen […]
