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Lifestyle 3 years ago

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Brazil’s first indigenous fashion show ‘a form of resistance’

Proudly donning majestic feathered headdresses, models sing an ode to the rain while a makeup artist draws geometric patterns on their faces, arms and thighs in preparation for Brazil's first ever indigenous fashion show.

Art & Culture 3 years ago

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Central Africa’s Aka Pygmies struggle with stigma and poverty

In Central Africa, indigenous people gain access to health but deforestation threatens their traditions.

Society 3 years ago

Useless for us': New Indonesian capital excludes indigenous, poor

Now, she faces an even bigger threat: the relocation of Indonesia's capital from Jakarta to a site in East Kalimantan, which would devastate small businesses like Maesaroh's that depend on government offices and other firms in Jakarta.

Politics 4 years ago

Indigenous people could be expelled from land for new capital: NGO

At least 20,000 people from 21 indigenous groups live in the area designated for the construction of the new capital with laws enabling the move from Jakarta not providing enough protection for the communities' land rights, according to the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN).

Academia 4 years ago

An open letter to UN secretary-general

Deep-seated inequalities between the Global North and South shape each country’s path of survivability in this era of multidimensional crises, with some winning first and others lagging behind.

Books 4 years ago

Book burning for Canada indigenous reconciliation sparks backlash

Burning Tintin books deemed offensive to indigenous peoples? The 2019 book burning at a group of schools in Canada, only revealed this week, has sparked controversy amid an election campaign.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

Taiwan transitions and tribal tongues: the language of reconciliation

On 1 August 2016, a few months after being sworn in as Taiwan’s first female president, Tsai Ing-wen accomplished another milestone: the first official apology to Taiwan’s indigenous peoples.

Entertainment 4 years ago

Hot-shot director Waititi shares indigenous humor in 'Reservation Dogs'

Long before he won an Oscar or directed a Marvel superhero blockbuster, Taika Waititi had a recurring problem while making movies about his native Maori community in New Zealand.

Parents 4 years ago

Unmarked grave finds stir ghosts of hidden histories

The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves near a former Catholic school for indigenous children in Canada comes just weeks after a similar grim finding.

People 5 years ago

Colombian village offers hope for indigenous gay men

Growing up in an indigenous village in the Colombian Amazon, Junior Sangama long hid his sexuality -- before clashing with his family and choosing to leave. But the 27-year-old has since returned home, one of a number of gay residents who have found a place, of sorts, in the deeply conservative community of Nazareth.