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October 28, 20225:03 PM ET By Carrie Kahn : [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report, a Sao Paolo city councilman is incorrectly identified as Andre Kuchar. The councilman is actually Fabio…Continue readingIndigenous women elected in Sao Paulo are hoping to improve representation

Frank Vaisvilas Green Bay Press-Gazette MADISON – Some environmental groups and government organizations, such as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, have been making efforts to consult with local Indigenous researchers…Continue readingAmid flooding and other climate change challenges, Wisconsin environmentalists are turning to Indigenous researchers for guidance on the natural world.

By Leslie Berestein Rojas Published Oct 28, 2022 12:53 PM When Ivan Vasquez heard the leaked audio of three Los Angeles City Council members — all of them Mexican American — engaging in…Continue readingHurt By Racist Remarks, Indigenous Angelenos Hope to Seize The Moment For Change

Alexandra Valencia  Reuters PUBLISHED SEP 7, 2022 11:42PM EDT By Alexandra Valencia QUITO, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Ecuador reached a preliminary agreement with indigenous groups to declare a temporary moratorium on 16 oil…Continue readingEcuadorian Government reaches preliminary deals on oil, mining with indigenous groups

September 7th, 2022 by Jake Ramthun In a quiet town on the border of Peru and Brazil, indigenous representatives from across the Amazon met with a team of NASA-funded geographers…Continue readingIndigenous Experience Shaping NASA Services in the Amazon

September 5, 20225:01 AM ET LIZ RUSKIN, ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA BETHEL, Alaska — Democrat Mary Peltola could not wait to get out on the Kuskokwim, the river she grew up…Continue readingFirst Indigenous Woman Elected to Congress: Alaska’s Mary Peltola

BY DARREN THOMPSON  SEPTEMBER 02, 2022 SAINT PAUL, Minn.—After decades of denial, the majority of people on the planet are finally acknowledging that climate change is real and solutions are needed.   This…Continue readingEnvironmental Experts Advocate for Indigenous Innovation to Address Climate Change

n an interview with e360, Beto Marubo, a leader of Brazil’s Indigenous Amazon people, discusses the recent murders of an activist and a journalist and excoriates President Jair Bolsonaro for opening…Continue readingAfter Two Murders, a Brazilian Indigenous Leader Steps Up the Fight

By Caroline Chebet Peter Kitelo stops midway in a foot path within the vast swathe of moorland, and scans through the patch before settling on a particular spot located barely…Continue readingIndigenous Kenyans uses traditional bylaws to conserve their historical lands

The Place With the Most Lithium Is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution A California-sized piece of South America is stifling production of the metal at a time when battery makers desperately…Continue readingA California-sized piece of South America contains 55% of the world’s known Lithium desposits sits on Indigenous Lands (WSJ)

On May 19, after a month of hearing testimonies in Chaco and Buenos Aires, Federal Judge Zunilda Niremperger read her judgment—translated simultaneously into the Qom and Moqoit languages—on the Napalpí…Continue readingAfter ~100 Years, Argentina Acknowledges Genocide of Indigenous Communities 7.20.2022

Ryan Planche, Wilfrid Laurier University Published: August 25, 2022 12.44pm EDT Over the last decade, Canada has seen an increase in the number of initiatives to green or circularize the economy…Continue readingRecognizing the transformational potential of Indigenous-led conservation economies

SALAR DE ATACAMA, Chile—Hailed as the Saudi Arabia of lithium, this California-sized chunk of terrain accounts for some 55% of the world’s known deposits of the metal, a key component…Continue readingLithium Triangle Over Indigenous S. American Land: Indigenous in Chile took to the streets to protest lithium mining award due to impact on local water supplies — Chilean Supreme Court agreed saying the government failed to consult with indigenous people first — WSJ 8.10.222

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