A lopsided majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an effort to restrict native peoples’ rights to protected reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for Indigenous activists and climate campaigners. Indigenous leaders in bright feather headdresses and…
Australian parliament backs Indigenous recognition referendum
Australia’s Senate on Monday voted in favour of holding a referendum to alter the country’s constitution to recognise its Indigenous peoples. The referendum would seek support to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice within parliament, which would in…
Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors more than $2b
Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by children in residential schools, its government has announced. A class-action lawsuit brought by 324 Indigenous communities has resulted in…
Last member of his tribe dies in Brazil after 26 years of isolation
The last remaining member of an uncontacted indigenous group in Brazil has died, officials say. The man, whose name was not known, had lived in total isolation for the past 26 years. He was known as Man of the Hole…
