#indigenouspeoples — Public Fediverse posts
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Best wet season in decades gives life to living medicine cabinet
By Em JensenAfter a particularly wet season, wildflowers and other plant life along the Darling-Baaka River have flourished in numbers not seen for decades, according to local Barkindji and Malyangapa tour guide Dave Doyle.
#Nature #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousPeoples #TourismandLeisureIndustry #TravelandTourism #RuralandRemoteCommunities #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentEducation #EnvironmentalHealth #EmJensen
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New York Times: English Museum to Repatriate Colonial-Era Human Remains. “After years of negotiations, a British museum has agreed to return a colonial-era collection of human remains to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent, Naga representatives said on Saturday. The partial remains — a warrior’s cranium, a woman’s skull, a young person’s jaw and many others — have […]
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Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”
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Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”
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Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”
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Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”
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Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”
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PMPI Condemns the Violent Dispersal and Arrest of Kasibu 11 and Denounces the Expansion of Large-Scale Mining Exploration in Nueva Vizcaya
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Months-long $1m in unpaid rates saga ends with sale of 33 outback homes
By Kavina Kumar and Tim LittleProperties owned by an Aboriginal housing corporation caught up in an unpaid-rates saga that left dozens of Mount Isa residents facing an uncertain future are sold.
#RentalHousing #IndigenousPeoples #Charities #KavinaKumar #TimLittle
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe prestigious Vincent Lingiari Art Award pays tribute to its namesake and acknowledges the intimate link between Aboriginal art and land rights.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/desert-mob-art-festival-alice-spirngs-award/107139436
#LandRights #History #VisualArt #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousCulture #ElsieLange
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe prestigious Vincent Lingiari Art Award pays tribute to its namesake and acknowledges the intimate link between Aboriginal art and land rights.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/desert-mob-art-festival-alice-spirngs-award/107139436
#LandRights #History #VisualArt #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousCulture #ElsieLange
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe prestigious Vincent Lingiari Art Award pays tribute to its namesake and acknowledges the intimate link between Aboriginal art and land rights.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/desert-mob-art-festival-alice-spirngs-award/107139436
#LandRights #History #VisualArt #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousCulture #ElsieLange
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe prestigious Vincent Lingiari Art Award pays tribute to its namesake and acknowledges the intimate link between Aboriginal art and land rights.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/desert-mob-art-festival-alice-spirngs-award/107139436
#LandRights #History #VisualArt #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousCulture #ElsieLange
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'Art is central to our political power': 50 years of land rights celebrated in art award
By Elsie LangeThe prestigious Vincent Lingiari Art Award pays tribute to its namesake and acknowledges the intimate link between Aboriginal art and land rights.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/desert-mob-art-festival-alice-spirngs-award/107139436
#LandRights #History #VisualArt #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousCulture #ElsieLange
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‘Our forefathers are coming back’: Naga people celebrate after Oxford museum agrees to return remains
By Tora AgarwalaFollowing six years of talks, Pitt Rivers Museum will return body parts collected by British colonial administrators to north-east India
#Globaldevelopment #Indigenouspeoples #Anthropology #Museums #Heritage #Britishempire #India #Worldnews #Culture #Ethics #SouthandcentralAsia #TheGuardian #ToraAgarwala
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Rights of Nature Advocates Speak on the Proposed Pax Silica Hub in the Philippines
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Rights of Nature Advocates Speak on the Proposed Pax Silica Hub in the Philippines
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Rights of Nature Advocates Speak on the Proposed Pax Silica Hub in the Philippines
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Rights of Nature Advocates Speak on the Proposed Pax Silica Hub in the Philippines
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Dartmouth College: New Guidelines Created for Publishing Indigenous Data. “To ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge are recognized in scientific data and scholarly publishing, a team of Indigenous scholars led by Lydia Jennings, an assistant professor of environmental studies, has established Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data in Scholarly Publishing.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/dartmouth-college-new-guidelines-created-for-publishing-indigenous-data/ -
Dartmouth College: New Guidelines Created for Publishing Indigenous Data. “To ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge are recognized in scientific data and scholarly publishing, a team of Indigenous scholars led by Lydia Jennings, an assistant professor of environmental studies, has established Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data in Scholarly Publishing.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/dartmouth-college-new-guidelines-created-for-publishing-indigenous-data/ -
Dartmouth College: New Guidelines Created for Publishing Indigenous Data. “To ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge are recognized in scientific data and scholarly publishing, a team of Indigenous scholars led by Lydia Jennings, an assistant professor of environmental studies, has established Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data in Scholarly Publishing.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/dartmouth-college-new-guidelines-created-for-publishing-indigenous-data/ -
Dartmouth College: New Guidelines Created for Publishing Indigenous Data. “To ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge are recognized in scientific data and scholarly publishing, a team of Indigenous scholars led by Lydia Jennings, an assistant professor of environmental studies, has established Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data in Scholarly Publishing.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/dartmouth-college-new-guidelines-created-for-publishing-indigenous-data/ -
Dartmouth College: New Guidelines Created for Publishing Indigenous Data. “To ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge are recognized in scientific data and scholarly publishing, a team of Indigenous scholars led by Lydia Jennings, an assistant professor of environmental studies, has established Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data in Scholarly Publishing.”
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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Is the federal government the proponent of the Mackenzie Valley Highway? Looks like #colonization all over again. https://cabinradio.ca/308204/news/travel/405m-announcement-for-mvh-brings-excitement-and-calls-for-preparation/
#recolonization #NWT #cdnpoli #IndigenousPeoples #militarization #Arctic
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‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
By Elle HuntA 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
#Indigenouspeoples #Worldnews #YouTube #TikTok #Instagram #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Lifeandstyle #Adventuretravel #Travel #Exploration #Youngpeople #Society #TheGuardian #ElleHunt
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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/ -
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 -
#Indigenous at the United Nations Expose #AIDataCenters and #RaciallyBiased Misinformation
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 14, 2026, Updated August 17, 2026
"#AI data centers are rapidly being constructed on the land of #IndigenousPeoples without free, prior and informed consent from us."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/07/indigenous-at-united-nations-expose-ai.html
#Inuit #InformedConsent #Mong #CulturalPreservation #AIHallucinations #WorldPol #IndigenousPeople #RespectTheTreaties #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters
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The #Indigenous Roots of #RegenerativeAgriculture
“All flourishing is mutual.”
– Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding SweetgrassAugust 9, 2023
"While a new wave of enthusiasm has crested in recent years, regenerative agriculture is an ancient concept that originated with #IndigenousPeoples around the world more than a thousand years ago. In many Indigenous world views, humans and nature are not separate forces, but parts of a whole that need each other to thrive. Regenerative agriculture supports this by promoting farming methods that enrich the land—so it can continue to provide for present and future generations.
"Embracing #TraditionalKnowledge
"Due to the long and horrific history of #StolenLand and #colonization, the Global North often refers to #IndigenousPeoples’ culture and knowledge in the past tense. Yet today, Indigenous peoples are indisputably the best guardians of our world’s most precious #ecosystems. When you take into account that the few remaining Indigenous lands are home to 80 percent of the world’s #Biodiversity, while modern #IndustrialAgriculture is responsible for 80 percent of global #deforestation, it’s clear that Western society still desperately needs to learn what Indigenous people have known for millennia: that human beings must live in a reciprocal relationship with the Earth.
"Around the world, Indigenous peoples have long practiced the key elements of regenerative agriculture. Here are just a few examples:
The art of #agroforestry
Some Indigenous communities, like the #Lenca people in #Honduras, know agroforestry simply as 'traditional technique.' Agroforestry—or the concept of growing crops in a way that mimics the forest and offers shade, protection, and nutrients—is such common practice there is no special name for it.
"Our lead for sustainable forest management, Emmanuelle Bérenger, explains the importance of Indigenous growing methods: 'By using #sustainable practices taught from one generation to another, [Indigenous peoples] actively safeguard forests, preserving biodiversity and keeping a delicate balance essential for both the environment and their own sustenance.' "
Learn more:
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/the-indigenous-roots-of-regenerative-agriculture/#SolarPunkSunday #Intercropping #FoodForests #ProtectNature #ProtectBiodiversity
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Reconciliation or recolonization? What Canada can learn by looking abroad
#IndigenousPeoples #Reconciliation
#IndigenousRights #Recolonization #Canada #Politics #Colonialism #NewZealand #Māori #Argentina #Mapuche #FirstNations #IndigenousSovereignty #LandRights
https://the-14.com/reconciliation-or-recolonization-what-canada-can-learn-by-looking-abroad/ -
Reconciliation or recolonization? What Canada can learn by looking abroad
#IndigenousPeoples #Reconciliation
#IndigenousRights #Recolonization #Canada #Politics #Colonialism #NewZealand #Māori #Argentina #Mapuche #FirstNations #IndigenousSovereignty #LandRights
https://the-14.com/reconciliation-or-recolonization-what-canada-can-learn-by-looking-abroad/ -
Reconciliation or recolonization? What Canada can learn by looking abroad
#IndigenousPeoples #Reconciliation
#IndigenousRights #Recolonization #Canada #Politics #Colonialism #NewZealand #Māori #Argentina #Mapuche #FirstNations #IndigenousSovereignty #LandRights
https://the-14.com/reconciliation-or-recolonization-what-canada-can-learn-by-looking-abroad/ -
Reconciliation or recolonization? What Canada can learn by looking abroad
#IndigenousPeoples #Reconciliation
#IndigenousRights #Recolonization #Canada #Politics #Colonialism #NewZealand #Māori #Argentina #Mapuche #FirstNations #IndigenousSovereignty #LandRights
https://the-14.com/reconciliation-or-recolonization-what-canada-can-learn-by-looking-abroad/ -
Reconciliation or recolonization? What Canada can learn by looking abroad
#IndigenousPeoples #Reconciliation
#IndigenousRights #Recolonization #Canada #Politics #Colonialism #NewZealand #Māori #Argentina #Mapuche #FirstNations #IndigenousSovereignty #LandRights
https://the-14.com/reconciliation-or-recolonization-what-canada-can-learn-by-looking-abroad/ -
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
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"Timothy Neale’s How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent
critiques the colonial logics of control deployed to manage unruly environments and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship.""Each year, Australia faces increasingly unprecedented wildfires, marked both by their scale and by the intense public disagreements about their political, cultural, and ecological causes. How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent is a critical and ethnographic exploration of wildfire management in Australia and the technoscientific systems of control that shape its current and future possibilities. Timothy Neale observes how two seemingly opposing forces—an entrenched sense of crisis and widespread normalization—combine to form an apparatus of institutional fire management that increasingly centers technical control and militarization. While sympathetic to the double binds many fire management professionals find themselves in, Neale ties contemporary wildfire problems to ongoing colonization and Indigenous dispossession, exploring Indigenous-led land management and cultural burning as a practical assertion of sovereignty. Through dialogue and collaboration with professional fire managers and Indigenous environmental stewards, Neale calls for a collective movement beyond control thinking by fostering new alliances and modes of coping with, rather than commanding, our flammable world." >>
https://www.dukeupress.edu/how-to-control-fire-on-a-burning-continentIntroduction >>
https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-002a-a423-84e111d5b498/8a052eb4-c8e4-4655-aab9-0a8efa3514cd/978-1-4780-3879-5_601.pdf
#fires #bushfires #FossilFuels #LoggingIndustry #extractivism #climate #book #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #Australia #europeancolonisation #control #ClimateFiasco #HeatRecords -
Recognition, Right, and the Stateless: A Fichtean Critique of the Plight of the Rohingya
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#Indigenous at the #UnitedNations Expose #AIDatacenters and Racially-Biased #Misinformation
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, July 14, 2026
GENEVA -- "The mediocre, middle-of-the-road approach to #AI at the United Nations was countered by testimony today from #IndigenousPeoples pointing out that #ArtificialIntelligence is not a solution, and is doing great harm to Indigenous with derogatory misinformation and massive #datacenters that are poisoning the #land, #water and #air.
"#JaimieWilliams, #MiamiNation in #Indiana, speaking on behalf of the Society of Native Nations, at the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, responded to the A.I. summary presented this morning. Williams said the summary does not reflect the true impact of artificial intelligence, particularly in the way the technology is powered.
" 'AI data centers are rapidly being constructed on the land of Indigenous Peoples without free, prior and #InformedConsent from us.'
" 'My people came out of the water, the #SaintJosephRiver in the southeast of #LakeMichigan, along that river there are several data centers,' she said, pointing out that Indigenous across #TurtleIsland share similar stories.
" 'These sacred waterways and lands are being used for A.I. data centers.'
" 'I was once convinced artificial intelligence could help my tribe build our language and culture, but AI is not a sustainable solution.'
" 'There is currently no available technology available to power A.I. without poisoning the water, drying up the rivers and causing further contamination in the territories of Indigenous Peoples, who are already disproportionately affected.' "
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/07/indigenous-at-united-nations-expose-ai.html#BigData #BigDataSucks #CorporateColonialism #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #AirIsLife #ProtectTheSacred #USPol
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The First to Circumnavigate the World May Have Been a Cebuano Seafarer
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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
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An Aboriginal rock shelter was demolished during construction of a Renewable Energy Zone in NSW and the native bird habitat was cleared
Iconoclasm: From cultural landscape to rubble"The Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) demolished the rock shelter during land clearing...It is the same company that was responsible for the displacement of about 60 native bird hatchlings, left homeless after the felling of trees."
"The federal environment department investigated the matter and said it found "no evidence of non-compliance" with conditions under it's environment protection and biodiversity conservation act." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/rez-rock-shelter-destruction-findings/106831784NSW government, energy company under fire after native bird habitat cleared for renewables project >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/nsw-government-renewable-land-clearing-birds/106085764
#biodiversity #wildlife #birds #IndigenousPeoples #AboriginalHeritage #heritage #trust #respect #RenewableEnergy #consumption #CulturalLandscape #destruction #iconoclasm #WilfulBlindness #NSW #conservation -
#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)."
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https://www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterSecurity #LandRestoration #Sustainability #TraditionalStewards #CulturalPreservation #DesertificationAndDroughtDay
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#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."
#IndigenousPeoples #Greenwashing #UncheckedGrowth #Capitalism #Colonialism #ExtractiveIndustries #LoveYourMotherEarth
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The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues had its 25th session (April 20–May 1, 2026) in New York. Leaders, governments, and organizations have focused on Indigenous health in conflict, culture, rights, and sustainability. Read more: https://social.desa.un.org/news/un-permanent-forum-on-indigenous-issues-to-convene-for-its-twenty-fifth-session
#IndigenousPeoples #UN #HumanRights #Sustainability #GlobalVoices #GoodNews
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University of Alberta: U of A linguist collaborates with community to preserve endangered language. “The structure of Sáliba, an Indigenous language spoken in Colombia, is still not well understood. But a number of audio recordings that include narratives, songs and procedural texts — along with handwritten annotations — made by Colombian linguist Jon Landaburu in the late 1960s could help […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/04/university-of-alberta-u-of-a-linguist-collaborates-with-community-to-preserve-endangered-language/