Tag: indigenous
Decade of Indigenous Languages: great cause of UNESCO
On December 13, 2022, UNESCO officially launched its International Decade of Indigenous Languages. This ten-year event aims to draw global attention to the need to preserve indigenous languages around the…
The “white gold” needed for batteries reveals the dark side of the green transition: the indigenous people fear losing their habitat
SANTIAGO / SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA The world’s driest desert in Chile is home to the Atacama salt flat, the so-called salt pan. Under it lie the world’s largest lithium…
Award-winning Indigenous drama will launch cineSarnia season
News Local News Run Woman Run is cineSarnia’s first film of its 2022-23 season. The Canadian-made comedy/drama stars Dakota Ray Hebert (right) and Asivak Koostachin (left). Handout/Sarnia This Week jpg,…
The last remaining person in his indigenous group has been found dead
He is said to have been found on August 23 in a hammock outside his home, writes the BBC. The man, who is suspected to be in his 60s, is…
End of Summer Feast strengthens Indigenous community across Avon Maitland District School Board
News Local News To foster a sense of community among Indigenous students and their families, the Avon Maitland District School Board hosted an End of Summer Feast at the Brodhagen…
‘Dynamic’ Indigenous artist set to begin term as Western’s writer-in-residence
Local News Western University’s new writer-in-residence is an Indigenous poet who grew up Stoney Creek and now resides on the Six Nations territory of the Grand River. January Rogers (Twitter)…
Unity festival showcases Indigenous talent
Live music returned to Six Nations with a showcase of Indigenous talent that included a Juno-award winning singer and a world champion hoop dancer. Ascension Harjom who won the teen…
“The parents were not informed about the child’s death”, the Pope visits Canada and apologizes for the mistreatment of the indigenous population
In addition to an apology, representatives of the indigenous population demanded promises of other actions from the leader of the Catholic Church. The demands include monetary compensation, return of taken…
Pope apologizes to indigenous people in Canada
In 2008, the Government of Canada established a truth commission to find out what went on between the years 1831 and 1996 when an estimated 150,000 Aboriginal children were subjected…
Indigenous communities are trying to make themselves heard
At the Congress for Protected Areas in Africa taking place in Kigali this week, representatives of indigenous peoples are trying to assert their claims. Maasai from Tanzania or Ogiek from…