Indigenous
Photos of Russia’s Saami People and the Fight to Protect their Culture
Photographer Natalya Saprunova has captured a rich and vibrant way of life that is increasingly under threat.
The Pope's Apology to Canadian Residential School Survivors ‘Left a Deep Hole’
Indigenous leaders say the apology didn't go far enough in part because Pope Francis didn't denounce the “Doctrine of Discovery” and blamed the atrocities on bad actors—not the institution.
Pope Francis Apologizes for ‘Evil’ Committed Against Indigenous Peoples in Canada
The Catholic Church ran more than half of the country's brutal residential schools, which forcibly assimilated 150,000 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children.
‘Mind-Blowing’ Lost City With a Cosmic Link Discovered in the Amazon
A sprawling society with pyramids, moats, and “forest islands” thrived from 500 to 1400 A.D. in the Bolivian Amazon.
Photos of a Youth Revolution That Succeeded
Photojournalist Aurian Merlin Cerise documented the Chilean student movement that elected Gabriel Boric, the country's youngest president ever.
Oranj Goodman Is Making a Deliberate Alternative R&B Debut with “Mineral”
Watch Goodman’s vivid and intentional “Mineral” music video, created by a fully Indigenous cast, today.
The Pope Apologized. Some Conservatives Are Denying Residential School Horrors Anyway.
The denial or downplaying of what happened at residential schools works to protect the status quo and amounts to a form of genocide denial that needs to be confronted, experts say.
The Pope Apologized for Residential Schools, But Still Owes Survivors Millions
Pope Francis said he felt “shame” for the abuses carried out against Indigenous children by Catholic educators.
Amazon Tried to Build on Sacred Land. Indigenous Groups Stopped Them.
In a major ruling, a South African court ordered developers to halt construction on the sacred heritage site, pending consultation with the Khoi and San First Nation Peoples.
Why Does Australia Still Make Laws That Are Detrimental to Aboriginal People?
“There is a fundamental lack of respect for the humanities of Indigenous people."
Cops Burn $66 Million Worth of a Tribe’s Cannabis ‘To Send a Message’
Cannabis has been farmed for decades by impoverished tribal communities in southern India.
Indigenous Leaders Are Condemning the ‘Freedom Convoy’ for ‘Hateful, Racist’ Conduct
Convoy members have tried to create their own “Orange Shirt Day” and performed unsanctioned “ceremonies” at their protest sites.