#indigenouspeoples — Public Fediverse posts

‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
By Elle Hunt

A new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/05/colonialism-for-clicks-influencers-attempting-meet-film-worlds-most-isolated-tribes

#Indigenouspeoples #Worldnews #YouTube #TikTok #Instagram #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Adventuretravel #Travel #Exploration #Youngpeople #Society #TheGuardian #ElleHunt

Traditional owners say national park can 'breathe again' after handback
By Tim Little

A major tourist attraction in outback Queensland has been handed back to its traditional owners under a landmark agreement described as a long-awaited "homecoming".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/boodjamulla-national-park-lawn-hill-gorge-handover/107102104

#NationalParks #IndigenousPeoples #LandRights #TimLittle

Canada breaks ground on North Coast Transmission Line to deliver clean power and reduce emissions

PRINCE GEORGE, BC, Sept. 3, 2026 /CNW/ — In a time of global volatility, Canada is focused on…
#Canada #bc #British #britishcolumbia #BritishColumbiaCo-operative #BritishColumbiaCooperativeProsperityAgreement #Canadian #FirstNations #Indigenouspeoples #NationalElectricityStrategy #TheElectricVehicleAffordabilityProgram #theNorthCoastTransmissionLine
https://www.europesays.com/canada/194951/

The place that never freezes: the Arctic habitat where global heating threatens more ice, not less
By Words and pictures by Jimmy Thomson in Nunavut, Canada

The race to study the North Water between Canada and Greenland before it changes has led to a bold plan for an Inuit-run protected area

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/the-place-that-never-freezes-the-arctic-habitat-where-global-heating-threatens-more-ice-not-less

#Seaice #Ice #Environment #Canada #Greenland #Oceans #Polarregions #Americas #Climatecrisis #Coastlines #Worldnews #Arctic #Wildlife #Cetaceans #Indigenouspeoples #Marinelife #Nationalparks #TheGuardian #Words #picturesbyJimmyThomsoninNunavut #Canada

The place that never freezes: the Arctic habitat where global heating threatens more ice, not less https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/the-place-that-never-freezes-the-arctic-habitat-where-global-heating-threatens-more-ice-not-less #SeaIce #Ice #Environment #Canada #Greenland #Oceans #PolarRegions #Americas #ClimateCrisis #Coastlines #WorldNews #Arctic #Wildlife #Cetaceans #IndigenousPeoples #MarineLife #NationalParks

Bay Area Local News Matters: Ukiah High students help carry forward nearly lost Northern Pomo language. “Kala Wright, Taylor Feliz Jr., Izzy Garcia and Zach Martinez received California’s Seal of Biliteracy in Northern Pomo at graduation in June after completing Ukiah High School’s Native Language program, which completed its fifth year of instruction during the 2025-26 academic year, the […]

“Who will really benefit from Pax Silica?”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/who-will-really-benefit-from-pax-silica/

Another plan unveiled to tackle long-standing issues in Port Augusta
By Arj Ganesan

The state government has announced another plan to tackle issues regarding crime, violence and substance abuse in Port Augusta. The efforts have been praised by Indigenous leaders who say it is needed, but have criticised the lack of Indigenous consultation.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/port-augusta-crime-violence-taskforce-indigenous-community-sa/107106648

#SocialProblems #IndigenousAustralians #Crime #IndigenousPolicy #YouthCrime #RegionalCommunities #CommunityOrganisations #SubstanceAbuse #Drugs #Alcohol #IndigenousPeoples #ArjGanesan

The NRC issue comes alive again in eastern India

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/the-nrc-issue-comes-alive-again-in-eastern-india/

Trump’s Lake Ontario bluster: Why treating his sovereignty threats as a joke is dangerous
#IndigenousPeoples #Canada #Trump #USA #Politics #Maps #CanadaUSAWar #LakeOntario #CanadianSovereignty #TradeWar
https://the-14.com/trumps-lake-ontario-bluster-why-treating-his-sovereignty-threats-as-a-joke-is-dangerous/

Land‑Ready Agriculture Proposal for the Alabama‑Coushatta Tribe

The tribe’s forested reservation in Polk County sits at the edge of the Gulf‑Coast food corridor, a two‑hour drive from Houston’s seven‑million‑person market.

#Indigenous #TribalSovereignty #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousEducation #4FabricsTheory #CoushattaTribe #AL

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The dark story behind Japan's first people and why they want their ancestors back
By Fergus Gregg

A group of indigenous people are suing the Japanese government for the return of ancestral remains taken during the brutal colonisation of Hokkaido.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-30/shibechari-ainu-tribe-sues-japanese-government/106994024

#IndigenousPeoples #Colonialism #LawCrimeandJustice #FergusGregg

Trump’s ‘renaming’ of Lake Ontario is emblematic of centuries of colonial erasure
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #Métis #HaidaGwaii #Canada #IndigenousRights #Colonialism
#Trump #LakeOntario #Ontario #Geography #SettlerColonialism #Decolonization #Politics #UNDRIP
https://the-14.com/trumps-renaming-of-lake-ontario-is-emblematic-of-centuries-of-colonial-erasure/

@AracneDeAtenas #Canada #SettlerColonialism #ColonialViolence #IndigenousPeoples

Spectrum News: Speed Art Museum begins repatriation of 24 Native American cultural items. “The Speed Art Museum is returning 24 cultural items to the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes as part of a federal repatriation process under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.”

Yale University: How Scholars and Musicians Recreated a Song Lost for More Than 400 Years. “From May 14-16, the group worked to contextualize and recreate the Chorus Brasilicus, a song in Tupi—an Indigenous language of Brazil—that was performed before the king of Portugal and Spain in 1619. The lyrics of this song survived in a text describing the play in which it was performed, but the […]

Rohingya Repatriation at a Crossroads: Bangladesh’s Dilemma Between Return, Security, and Diplomacy

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/rohingya-repatriation-at-a-crossroads-bangladeshs-dilemma-between-return-security-and-diplomacy/

Best of 2026…so far: Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong – podcast
By Written by Marcus Haraldsson and read by Diana Bermudez. Produced by Nicola Alexandrou. The executive producer was Ellie Bury

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2026, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/aug/26/best-of-2026so-far-apocalypse-no-how-almost-everything-we-thought-we-knew-about-the-maya-is-wrong-podcast

#Indigenouspeoples #Guatemala #Americas #TheGuardian #WrittenbyMarcusHaraldsson #readbyDianaBermudezProducedbyNicolaAlexandrouTheexecutiveproducerwasEllieBury

Making hostile spaces The dispersal of non consumers

* At an intersection of numerous car parks, retail industry and an amusement industrial complex in Coffs Harbour there is a small green space with benches and birds. People and birds rest there and have their lunch.

Some time ago the amusement & drink giant piped ongoing unpleasant, loud music over the small green island and the abundant car parks.

The intention of the outdoor speakers distributing noise pollution is/was to engage in then 'dispersal' of ‘loitering' non customers.

This loud and repetitive ‘music’ is also known as "aggressive" or "defensive" architecture. This design in mostly public spaces is intended as a form of 'organised abandonment' (Ruth Wilson Gilmore) of the poor and the unhoused.

Often the exclusionary design acoustic ('steady-state spam’) is combined with other anti homeless devices (anti-homeless spikes furniture) which function to keep members of the public out of public spaces.

With increasing inequality, that is non spending consumers, the system is increasingly employing hostile practices. Privately owned public spaces such as walkways, plazas, arcades and small parks have to ensure the safety of their customers and staff. Non-consumers have no place in this scheme.

* "Woolworths has installed outdoor speakers at its Darwin city store to play the supermarket's 'Fresh Food People' jingle on repeat in a bid to deter loitering.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/darwin-city-woolworths-looping-jingle-anti-social-behaviour/107073330
* "The NSW Police Force is currently running an Australian-first trial in Moree (an area with a high Indigenous population) using rooftop drones to "fight crime" in the area, controlled by people hundreds of kilometres away at Bankstown Airport." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/automation-and-repression-the-two-go-hand-in-hand-daron-acemoglu/107063582
#HostileArchitecture #PublicSpaces #inequality #privatisation #ShoppingCentres #dispersal #FirstNationsPeoples #biopolitics #surveillance #CCTV #PervasiveTechnologies #UAVs #NoisePollution #IndigenousPeoples #DesignApartheid #governance #CoffsHarbour

Non-Moro IPs select representatives to Bangsamoro Parliament ahead of polls

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/non-moro-indigenous-peoples-select-representatives-barmm-parliament/

The Guardian: Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’. “The impending construction also threatens to mar or destroy an untold number of these millennia-old rock art murals that stand in the coming wall’s path. The slated construction includes 165 miles (266km) of four-to-six-foot-tall vehicle barriers and patrol roads […]

@TrueNorthSpice The first James Bay project was devastating. I joined in the resistance to that project but to no avail. Megadams are destructive - look at Site C, Muskrat Falls - but we continue to destroy so much for this so called 'clean' energy projects. Of course, #IndigenousPeoples are on the front-line of this destruction, driving more communities into #poverty.
https://environmentjournal.ca/history/james-bay-project/

Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’
By Roque Planas in Comstock, Texas

The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/indigenous-rock-art-border-wall

#USMexicoborder #Indigenouspeoples #Nationalparks #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #Art #USimmigration #Texas #USpolitics #USnews #Mexico #Americas #TheGuardian #RoquePlanasinComstock #Texas

Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/indigenous-rock-art-border-wall #UsmexicoBorder #IndigenousPeoples #NationalParks #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #Art #UsImmigration #Texas #UsPolitics #UsNews #Mexico #Americas

Program motivates remote students to join healthcare workforce at home
By Kavina Kumar and Zara Margolis

Melinda is still finishing high school, but she is already working inside the health system and building a career that could bring her back to serve her own community.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/deadly-start-grows-first-nations-health-workforce-north-west-qld/107053008

#Education #Health #Nurses #HealthcareFacilities #IndigenousPeoples #RuralandRemoteCommunities #VocationalEducationandTraining #IndigenousAustralians #KavinaKumar #ZaraMargolis

Culture OC: Orange County’s Acjachemen Nation Maps 10,000 Years of History for Its First Digital Archive. “Orange County’s Acjachemen Nation, the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians (JBMI), is building a digital archive for the first time. The Acjachemen Nation (pronounced ah-HAWSH-eh-men) originally inhabited what is now Orange County for as long as 10,000 years. The Acjachemen and the Tongva […]

NCCA SLT Artisans Featured in UNIQLO’s 70th PH-Japan Friendship Celebration

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/ncca-slt-artisans-featured-in-uniqlos-70th-ph-japan-friendship-celebration/

Mowing down children and the racist feeding frenzy that followed.
Alabama in the 1930s?

"* Two children, who were riding a motorised pushbike and left with serious injuries, were allegedly pursued and mowed down by 56-year-old Gol Gol man Andrew Brien.."

"Mr Brien allegedly pursued the children through the pedestrian-only mall in the belief they were involved in vandalism at his partner's real estate business. However, the court heard the children were "blameless" of any offending on the night."

"The amount and volume of racist and violent comments surged after the incident, with hundreds of social media posts laying blame on the boys and praising the driver."

"The act alone was shocking, but what followed on social media revealed a distressing and damaging ugliness...What we've seen lately in terms of social media is that anger is coming out in really primal responses, in ideas and thoughts and beliefs which do not have a place in a civilised society."

"It is not OK to hurt children. It is never OK to hurt children. It's not OK to call this man a hero."

"No-one should see violence against their children or community being celebrated or joked about...I don't want to see comments that I think would be better placed in 1930s Alabama". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/mildura-leaders-call-for-calm-after-boys-struck-by-ute/107032768

* "A 24-year-old hit and run driver who injured two pedestrians, one of them fatally, sped away and then bragged about it to his friends has been spared jail time in Darwin."
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRPw3srQeg
#children #cars #violence #dehumanisation #racism #harm #UTEs #motorists #pedestrians #malls #FirstNationsPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #incivility #SocialMedia #hate #governance

Tom’s Hardware: Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won’t support projects without consultation — energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among concerns. “Cherokee Nation, the largest tribe in the U.S. with more than 475,000 citizens, has banned hyperscale data center development on its tribally owned and trust lands, after a […]

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@Windspeaker/117122596951459350

Acceptance of #violence against #IndigenousPeoples is baked into #Canada and is particularly evident in the #justice system that is inherently unjust!

#settlerColonialism #gender #racism #cdnpoli #onpoli

Low Conviction Rate Under SC/ST Act in India: Needs Revamping?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/low-conviction-rate-under-sc-st-act-in-india-needs-revamping/

Australia’s trade in human flesh: blackbirding - follow the money...

"Between 1860 and 1906 up to 62,000 Pacific Islanders were shipped to Australia to work primarily in sugar cane and cotton farming.."

"...The Pacific Islanders came, they died, they were buried like dogs and more were sent for.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/10/sydney-sugar-industry-slave-trade-pacific-islanders-ntwnfb
#slavery #Blackbirding #SouthSeaIslander #IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #PastoralIndustry #sugar #cotton #plantations #PALM #books

Contesting #Surveillance Infrastructure on #IndigenousLands

by #OpheliaRivas, #CaitlinBlanchfield, and #NinaKolowratnik

"The broad slope and rounded crest of O’ks Tak’am Do’ak outline the profile of a woman sitting and facing the west. Her name is O’ks Ta’kam. She is part the O’odham origin story, passed down through oral history. She sits there vigilant, a warrior protecting, and will warn the people when a catastrophic event will occur. When this event comes, she will stand and gather the smallest creatures in her skirt to protect them.

"The mountain forms part of the Tak’Va’Vak range which cuts through #TohonoOodham land, joining peaks like Han’a-mek and Ma’mke-mad. These mountains are known as a place to gather sweet fruits from the chu-chues (organ pipe cactus). They are home to caves, springs, and seasonal water holes. Each year ceremonies and hunts take place all across the Tak’Va’Vak, and trails lead through the mountain passes, connecting the springs at A’al Va’pai (Quitobaqito) to O’odham villages in Sonora, and leading all the way to the salty Ge-Ka-ch’k (Sea of Cortez). The mountains hold deer, mountain rams, javalina. They hold burial places. Medicines grow there. In the evening they are especially beautiful, bathed in crimson.

"The Tak’Va’Vak range also forms one border of the Tohono O’odham Nation. The boundary runs along the ridge line and separates the reservation from the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a United States national park to the west.

"The border with the #NationalMonument is one of three that divide Tohono O’odham Nation from the #UnitedStates; the reservation’s southern border is with #Mexico. It is this border that dominates the others—both in its real effects and in media representations—and with good reason, especially in the last decades, and acutely in the present moment. It separates the Tohono O’odham in Sonora from those in Arizona, dividing the people; and its securitization has brought violence and destruction to O’odham lands on both sides in different ways. Yet these two borders—one between nation states and one between reservation and national park—work together: they are part of the same process of colonialism and dispossession that have been constricting O’odham life for hundreds of years. The construction of the US-Mexico border is intertwined with the expropriation of #IndigenousLand and the subsequent creation of #NativeAmerican reservations as much as it is with United States expansionism and policies of exclusion. More than that, the US-Mexico border, and the many weapons, technologies of surveillance, and #BorderPatrol officers that comprise it, is an extension of the United States’ ongoing, violent, and racialized campaign to contain and assimilate Indigenous peoples—it is a settler colonial border. But as Salt River Pima-Maricopa scholar #FantasiaPainter reminds us, the #borderlands are not yet settled, and they are unsettled: this is because of the refusal of Tohono O’odham and other #IndigenousPeoples to see and accept their lands as not their own."

Read more:
https://urbannext.net/significant-impact-contesting-surveillance/

#SettlerColonialism #SurveillanceState #USPol #CulturalGenocide
#NoBorderWall #TrumpsBorderWall
#ProtectTheSacred #EnvironmentalProtectionAct
#RespectTheTreaties #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol #BorderPatrol #IndigenousSacredSites
#DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

25th Anniversary of the First Nations Garden: a living heritage looking to the future https://www.allforgardening.com/1919178/25th-anniversary-of-the-first-nations-garden-a-living-heritage-looking-to-the-future-2/ #art #BotanicalGarden #EspacePourLaVie #garden #GuidedTour #IndigenousArt #IndigenousPeoples #LiveEvents #montreal #outdoors

25th Anniversary of the First Nations Garden: a living heritage looking to the future https://www.allforgardening.com/1919178/25th-anniversary-of-the-first-nations-garden-a-living-heritage-looking-to-the-future-2/ #art #BotanicalGarden #EspacePourLaVie #garden #GuidedTour #IndigenousArt #IndigenousPeoples #LiveEvents #montreal #outdoors

Unseen Japan: Hokkaido University Apologizes for a Century of Ainu Remains Research. “On July 27, 2026, Hokkaido University issued its first-ever proper apology for a prewar research program. The medical school collected and studied more than 1,000 sets of Ainu remains. The university expressed that the work ‘deeply wounded the dignity of the Ainu people.'”

From Genocide to Justice: Iraq’s Reparations for Yazidi Survivors

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/from-genocide-to-justice-iraqs-reparations-for-yazidi-survivors/

Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders
By Jonathan Watts

Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon Forest

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/24/gangs-taking-villages-on-brazil-peru-border-hostage-say-indigenous-leaders

#Amazonrainforest #Americas #Indigenouspeoples #Brazil #Peru #Drugstrade #Loggingandlandclearing #Environmentalactivism #Worldnews #Deforestation #TheGuardian #JonathanWatts

Lover’s Abyss

I was told as a young child
You can dream of anything
So, I dreamed I was a blue horse
midnight blue with a touch of white
gracefully strong
unafraid of the world
accepting of the unknown
beautiful essence
assuring eyes.

I was told as a student
You can’t dream anymore
its time to grow up
learn how to be an adult
learn to be practical
understand your place
abide by our laws.

As an adult
I was told
You’re a lot of trouble
try harder to fit in
let go of that childhood dream
stop messing around
be something.

I traveled this world
in spite of people’s viewpoint
I traveled as a blue horse.
Unafraid
Accepting
Assured and complete.

I saw a blue horse
with a daisy behind her ear
standing alone.
Sky blue she was
as were her eyes.
Gracefully she moved
towards the crest of twilight.
I asked if she wanted company?
She said, yes.

Beyond the crest we disappeared
into our abyss where our solitude awaited
playing with season flowers
and coupling under the stars.

The eternity we exist in
is the eternity we make.

Author Michael Plante
Image: Blue Horse (A.I. Generated) artis Unknown.

Santa Barbara Independent: Yale, Harvard Return Ancestors and Artifacts to Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. “[Kathleen] Marshall was in Boston when they packed up the semi-truck with more than 2,000 remains and artifacts — filling it almost to the brim — and flew home to meet them at the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center on June 27. She tracked the truck on GPS for its […]

#ForcedRelocation is nothing new... The #USA is quite good at it... Unfortunately!

Mapping how the U.S. forcibly took #IndigenousLands

Not long after the #GreatAmericanExperiment began, the newly established nation set its sights west. Here's how a series of conflicts, forged treaties, and #ForcedMigration led to the loss of a majority of Indigenous lands.

By Erin Blakemore
Published July 8, 2026

"For the citizens of the newly established United States, the vast territory of North America (and the land of plenty it represented) seemed theirs for the taking. But these lands, some of the richest on Earth, had already been settled and stewarded for thousands of years by #IndigenousPeoples. Though their numbers had already dwindled due to new diseases and conflict with settlers, in 1776 approximately 250,000 #IndigenousPeople still lived within the territory delimited by the current borders of the U.S. The young nation, however, was intent on expansion—and set its sights on Indigenous land. Over the years, tribal interests and sovereignty would be trampled time and time again. Although land loss is the most visible consequence of dispossession, Indigenous customs, culture, and language (all firmly rooted in the land) were also under attack."

Read more:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/native-american-history-indigenous-lands

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/B2yzj

#NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #ForcedRelocation #TrailOfTears #Genocide #1830IndianRemovalAct #IndianRemovalAct #CulturalGenocide #StolenChildren #StolenLand #ForcedDisplacement #CorporateGreed #Capitalism

I found this via @supersquirrel !

#IndigenousLands are crucial for #ClimateMitigation and #resilience.

Research shows their health is a direct result of #IndigenousStewardship.

"As the impacts of #ClimateChange continue to escalate, a growing number of climate scientists and policymakers cite Indigenous lands as a model for their rich #biodiversity and effective carbon storage. But that recognition has not always translated into space for Indigenous leaders in climate negotiations, access to #ClimateResilience funding, or enforcement of #HumanRights standards.

"That has been the case for decades. But the problems do not stop there. New research shows that approach overlooks the key role that Indigenous knowledge and culture can play in mitigating climate change. It also reveals a dangerous misconception that has taken hold in global climate discussions: the idea that Indigenous lands are so rich because they are remote or sparsely populated.

"Nothing could be further from the truth. The health of Indigenous lands and their ability to store vast quantities of carbon stem from the stewardship of the people who inhabit them.

"That’s the finding of research from Conservation International, which shows that traditional knowledge, community protocol, and Indigenous culture play a direct role in protecting forests, wildlife, and the environment. Sushma Shrestha, who is #Indigenous #Newar from #Nepal and the study’s lead author, said the research comes at a critical time.

" 'All of humanity relies on everything that #IndigenousPeoples have to contribute and offer in terms of their lands, in terms of carbon storage, in terms of biodiversity conservation,' she said.

"The study, released as a narrative report and a peer-reviewed study, explores how #IndigenousKnowledge and practices benefit the planet. It also found that all 43 of the surveyed communities are experiencing drought, extreme weather, and other adverse impacts from climate change. More than half are affected by #ExtractiveIndustries like #mining and #logging.

"Researchers interviewed 49 Indigenous leaders from six continents about how they steward their land, which ranged from the Amazon rainforest to East African savannas and Pacific Islands. They found that traditional management practices like avoiding #overfishing, maintaining sacred spaces, watching for fires and other threats, and direct resistance against extraction contribute to the remarkable health of Indigenous territory. Ninety-six percent of respondents said they had land set aside for special uses, like spiritual practices, that also benefit the environment by protecting those spaces and ecosystems. Shrestha stressed that although each Indigenous community is distinct, there are shared lessons the entire world can learn from.

" 'It’s a time where all hands need to be on deck,' Shrestha said. 'And collectively, actions need to be taken, and indigenous peoples have been doing this on their own for a very long time.'

"The study builds on years of research that shows, among other things, that the world’s healthiest forests are on Indigenous lands and conservation efforts are more effective when they incorporate Indigenous autonomy and decision-making at every step."

Read more [includes some really good links to articles]:
https://sopuli.xyz/post/47753605

#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunk #LandBack #CommunityMonitoring #Stewardship #TEK #IndigenousSolarPunk #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge

#Desertification and #Drought Day 2026

June 17, 2026

#Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. #Restore.

"This year, #Kenya hosts the global observance of Desertification and Drought Day in partnership with #UNCCD under the theme 'Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.'

"The global observance will highlight the central role of the world’s rangelands in #ClimateResilience, food and water security, #biodiversity conservation and the cultural identity of #pastoralist and #IndigenousCommunities. Kenya’s leadership reflects its ongoing efforts to address #LandDegradation, strengthen drought resilience and support communities living in #dryland and rangeland areas.

"UNCCD Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad said: 'We thank the Government of Kenya for hosting Desertification and Drought Day 2026 and for shining a spotlight on the world’s rangelands. These landscapes are vital for food, water, biodiversity and climate resilience. Kenya’s leadership comes at a crucial moment, as rangelands face increasing pressure worldwide. By recognising their value, respecting their traditional stewards and restoring rangelands back to health, we can strengthen the livelihoods of two billion people.'

"Rangelands cover more than half of the world’s land surface yet remain among the most undervalued ecosystems. They face increasing pressures from climate change, land degradation and competing land uses. Up to half of all rangelands are already degraded or at risk, jeopardizing food and water security, climate resilience and rural livelihoods.

"Coinciding with the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the 2026 global observance will draw attention to the need to recognize and value rangelands for the critical functions they provide, respect the traditional stewards who have cared for them for generations and restore degraded landscapes to secure livelihoods and ecosystem services.

"Through Desertification and Drought Day 2026, countries and communities are invited to:

- Recognize rangelands’ economic contribution to national and regional economies, their role in sustaining biodiversity and wildlife and the multiple benefits they provide, from regulating water cycles to storing carbon

- Respect pastoralists, #IndigenousPeoples and local communities, whose mobility, customary governance systems and ecological knowledge are essential to maintaining the health and productivity of these landscapes

- Restore rangelands by investing in sustainable land and water management, strengthening governance, improving drought preparedness and supporting community-led restoration efforts

Marked every year on 17 June, Desertification and Drought Day is the United Nations’ global moment to raise awareness of land degradation and drought and to mobilize action to protect and restore healthy land. Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya will be the first time in nearly a decade that the African continent hosts the global observance. Previous observances took place in Colombia (2025), Germany (2024), USA (2023), Spain (2022), Costa Rica (2021), Republic of Korea (2020), Türkiye (2019), Ecuador (2018), Burkina Faso (2017) and China (2016)."

Source:
https://www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026

#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterSecurity #LandRestoration #Sustainability #TraditionalStewards #CulturalPreservation #DesertificationAndDroughtDay

#Reciprocity, #Respect, #Relationality: Three Rs to Understand #IndigenousPerspectives on Development in the #Green conomy

By Edson Krenak, May 27, 2026

"Reciprocity is more than a practice; it is our way of life, the way of life. Instead of focusing solely on economic growth, without limit, we must pay attention to check whether all beings are enjoying life in a healthy place. Without reciprocity, the green economy will reproduce the same extractive logic it claims to overcome, and eventually fail our common home, Earth."

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https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/reciprocity-respect-relationality-three-rs-understand-indigenous-perspectives-development

#IndigenousPeoples #Greenwashing #UncheckedGrowth #Capitalism #Colonialism #ExtractiveIndustries #LoveYourMotherEarth

Answer: "No."

Most #CriticalMinerals are on #IndigenousLands. Will miners respect #TribalSovereignty?

by Taylar Dawn Stagner, March 26, 2025

"#Mining — whether for #FossilFuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence against #IndigenousPeople. Forcibly removing tribal communities to get to natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception, for centuries.

"Today, more than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition — including #lithium, #cobalt, #copper, and #nickel to make things like #batteries and #SolarPanels — are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.

"In 2007, the United Nations adopted a resolution called the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [#UNDRIP] that included the right to free, prior, and informed consent to the use of their lands, a concept known as #FPIC. This principle protects #IndigenousPeoples from being forcibly relocated, provides suitable avenues for redress of past injustices, and gives tribes and communities the right to consent to — and the right to refuse — #extractive industry projects like #mining.

"There’s a lot at stake: When followed, FPIC promises a process that gives Indigenous peoples a voice in how their homelands are used, as well as the right to say no to development altogether. And when it’s not, which is the vast majority of the time, #TribalCommunities are further #disenfranchised, facing #violence and #ForcedRelocation as their #sovereignty and rights are ignored.

"There are an estimated 5,000 tribal communities around the world, encompassing roughly 476 million people across 90 countries, according to the U.N. Different tribes have different opinions on mining, but rarely is their legal right to refuse extraction projects recognized, even under the 2007 declaration.

"Grist talked with five experts to better understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of mineral extraction. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity."

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https://ictnews.org/news/most-critical-minerals-are-on-indigenous-lands-will-miners-respect-tribal-sovereignty/

#CanPol #CanadaPol #BigOilAndGas #LandBack #IndigenousSovereignty #TribalSovereignty #LithiumMining #RecycleLithium #LithiumAlternatives #RecycleCopper

HT @miki_lou

"Mikisew Cree’s own #health study confirms what the community has always known: the #oilsands are killing them. "

https://indigenousinsider.substack.com/p/they-are-dying-and-canada-is-watching?r=9iuka&triedRedirect=true

#BigOil #TarSands #Alberta #IndigenousPeoples #WaterisLife #environment #cdnpoli #ToxicChemicals

Mining's Shadow Falls Unevenly: Displacement and Disquiet Grip Tribal Lands

Tribal communities in Odisha, India and Arizona, USA face displacement and data risks due to new mining projects. Learn about the impacts and new partnership models.

#TribalRights, #MiningImpact, #Odisha, #DataSovereignty, #IndigenousPeoples

https://newsletter.tf/tribal-lands-mining-displacement-2026/

New mining projects in tribal areas are causing more displacement than before, especially in Odisha, India. This is a significant change from past practices.

#TribalRights, #MiningImpact, #Odisha, #DataSovereignty, #IndigenousPeoples
https://newsletter.tf/tribal-lands-mining-displacement-2026/

"Mikisew Cree’s own #health study confirms what the community has always known: the #oilsands are killing them. " https://indigenousinsider.substack.com/p/they-are-dying-and-canada-is-watching?r=9iuka&triedRedirect=true

#BigOil #tarSands #Alberta #IndigenousPeoples #waterisLife #environment #cdnpoli #toxicChemicals

Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable | Christiana Figueres https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/sea-level-rise-health-crisis-christiana-figueres #SeaLevel #Health #PacificIslands #Pollution #Vanuatu #EnvironmentalActivism #FossilFuels #Water #Migration #IndigenousPeoples #Inequality #InternationalLaw #ClimateCrisis #AsiaPacific #Environment #SouthPacific