Indigenous

Brazil ousts almost all illegal gold miners from Yanomami Indigenous region

"We still have some pockets of miners who are holding out by hiding in some areas," says Humberto Freire of police's new environmental crimes division.

Brazil prepares 'to confront' gold miners invading Yanomami lands

Operation against more than 20,000 wildcat miners is imminent, officials say, as anger mounts over humanitarian crisis in isolated Yanomami villages on the country's largest Indigenous reservation.

More potential unmarked graves discovered at Canada school

Investigative team finds 66 graves of Indigenous children at former residential school in British Columbia run by Catholic Oblates order.

Brazil official seeks eviction of armed gold miners from Yanomami region

Indigenous Health Secretary Weibe Tapeba calls on military to act swiftly against illegal miners, saying 700 members of Indigenous community were going hungry due to invasion by 20,000 wildcat gold miners.

Canada to pay more than $2B to Indigenous survivors of abuse

A class-action lawsuit brought by 324 Indigenous communities has resulted in the settlement, which will be placed in a not-for-profit trust independent of the government.

Peru peasants arrive in Lima for major anti-Boluarte protest

"Listen Dina, the Chankas are coming," chant members of Indigenous group with reputation for being warriors as they await thousands of other rural Peruvians to march in capital against new government of President Dina Boluarte.

Remains of 'a young child' found at Indigenous school in Canada

Over the past year and a half, more than 1,300 children's graves have been found near boarding schools where Indigenous children were forcibly assimilated.

Australia urges miners to back referendum on Indigenous rights

PM Anthony Albanese's Labor government is seeking a referendum, required to alter the constitution, on recognising Indigenous people in the constitution and requiring consultation with them on decisions that affect their lives.

Canada tribunal rejects $30B Indigenous children compensation deal

Human Rights Tribunal, whose landmark decisions on discrimination against First Nations children set stage for a historic agreement, throws the deal into limbo, saying the agreement does not fully satisfy its orders.

Amazon tribe's last surviving 'man of the hole' dies

In the Amazon rainforest, the lives of Indigenous people are increasingly under threat from ranchers who want to clear the land for agricultural use. One man died silently, his death unnoticed for weeks. With his death, an entire tribe vanished.

New Zealand, Canada ink Indigenous collaboration deal

Agreement seeks to improve outcomes for Indigenous peoples and enhance ties between native people in the two countries.

Pope: Treatment of Indigenous children in Canada was genocide

Wrapping up his Canadian visit, Francis said he repeatedly condemned the system that severed family ties and attempted to impose new cultural beliefs as “catastrophic” to generations of Indigenous peoples.