Atlantic chiefs call for Indigenous collaboration on offshore wind farm development

A new report says offshore wind developers in Atlantic Canada should commit to collaboration with Indigenous businesses to ...
University at Buffalo

Indigenous Studies PhD candidate earns Smithsonian fellowship

Delaney O'Connell explores how returning ancestral belongings — and sometimes allowing their destruction — can better serve ...

Indigenous Amazon groups urge the UN to curb organized crime, not militarize territories

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that ...

Indigenous people call for action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day

Across the U.S., Indigenous people are gathering to honor loved ones as part of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Potatoes Didn’t Just Feed Ancient Indigenous Communities in the Andes—the Tasty Tubers Also Reshaped People’s DNA

A new study finds that Indigenous Andeans living in what is now Peru have extra copies of a gene called AMY1, which helps the ...
Daily Post Nigeria

Nigeria now on world stage — Matawalle speaks on indigenous defence equipment production

The Minister of State for Defense, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has hailed Nigeria's indigenous defense equipment manufacturing ...
WBUR

Researchers find evidence of at least 15 early Indigenous burials at Burying Hill in Bourne

The study’s preliminary results support the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe’s belief that Burying Hill is an ancient burial ...

Indigenous lands can outperform protected areas on conservation, researchers find

A new study led by UBC researchers has found that lands managed by Indigenous Peoples consistently protect forests, biodiversity and carbon stores at levels equal to or greater than ...

Indigenous Australians win record payout after billionaire mines land

Indigenous Australians win record payout after billionaire mined their land without consent - The ruling is the largest ...

Indigenous people honor and raise awareness for relatives who are missing or have been killed

Many events call for participants to wear red, a color that has become synonymous with honoring Indigenous victims of ...

Indigenous Andeans have a digestive superpower—and it may be linked to potatoes

Indigenous people of the Andes were the first to domesticate the potato, making the starch-rich crop a dietary staple for ...

Australian miner Fortescue to pay $108 million for damage to Indigenous group's land

An Australian ‌court on ​Tuesday ​ordered miner ⁠Fortescue ​to ​pay A$150 million ($108 ​million) ​in compensation ‌to ⁠an Indigenous group ​for ​causing "significant ⁠damage" ​to ​its ⁠cultural ...