Indigenous peoples
Argentina: “They want the Mapuche to be submissive and impoverished, they can’t accept that we have an autonomous path”.
On January 4, it has been three months since federal forces broke into the territory of the Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu in Villa Mascardi (Bariloche) and took Mapuche women and children into custody. Four of them are still under house…
Indigenous Peoples’ rights approved in UN resolution
On Monday 19 December, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that commits states to protect the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples. The document, presented by Bolivia and prepared by this country in collaboration with Ecuador, is…
International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity celebrate COP15 deal on nature, and welcome the opportunity of working together
Following two weeks of often tense negotiations of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework(GBF), in Montreal, Canada, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) praised the text for its “strong language on respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local…
Book launch: Defending the territory
On Tuesday 13 December, the third title in the Defender collection was launched, Defender el territorio, published by the organisation Somos Defensores and the project Hacemos Memoria of the University of Antioquia. The text presents eight stories written by journalists…
Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu: statement by social scientists for the rewe
Since 4 October 2022, a rewe has been left alone. Those of us who work with the Mapuche people in the social sciences have often heard about pu rewe and pu machi. If there is an extensive academic literature that…
Panama: Feminist economics school led by indigenous women
In Panama, indigenous women from the Emberá-Wounaan community completed a few days ago the School of Feminist Economics and Politics and Economic Alternatives. The women of this territory sustained this collective effort with a commitment to the defence of life…
The recognition of the sovereignty of indigenous people could save the biodiversity and ecosystems
Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) and frontline Indigenous activists discuss today the important work of land and water defenders within Canada and beyond who are protecting biodiversity. The panelists were calling out false solutions and the lack of political will within…
There can be no agreement to save nature without inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities COP15
The global biodiversity framework to save nature must respect, promote and support the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities if it stands any chance of succeeding. In this press briefing at the opening of COP15, members of the International…
Peace on silver jubilee remains elusive for Chittagong Hill people
People of the hill forest, an abode of the Mongoloid ethnic Adivasis refuse to celebrate the historic signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord on December 2, which brought to an end a protracted autonomy-seeking insurgency for more…
Identity struggle: Kabylia of yesterday and today, hostage of the Algerian authoritarian regime
From the so-called “Berberist” crisis of 1949 to the present day, the Kabyle question is at the heart of contemporary history. Independent Algeria, born in the heat of a war of liberation to which the contribution of Kabylia was fundamental,…
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