The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed annually on August 9 to raise awareness and promote the ...

Why do Native American people feel it is important to remind others that “we are still here”? How did the massive land ...

Dunbar-Ortiz calls this “profit-based religion,” and it was what proved devastating for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas when those tactics were brought across the ocean.

Indigenous journalists are a means to bring balanced viewpoints to newsrooms that typically have limited interaction with ...

Will a third time be a charm? Virginia Democrats will soon mark the third straight year that they’re proposing to make ...

Consultation. An international treaty, the International Labor Organization Convention 169 (1989), calls for governments to consult indigenous people about development projects on their lands.

Their first recommendation was “to observe October 12, the day of so-called ‘discovery’ of America, as an International Day of Solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.” ...

Native American communities remain plagued by near-epidemic levels of unresolved violence, according to a report at an Aug. 2 ...

State Democrats plan to make Indigenous People’s Day an official holiday in Virginia and will discuss the proposal in the ...

What is Indigenous Peoples’ Day? Typically on the second Monday of October, Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the Indigenous communities that have lived in the Americas for thousands of years.

An Indigenous scholar explains how starvation was used to acquire the lands of Indigenous peoples. Her great-grandparents ...

While indigenous peoples make up 8 percent of the population in the region, they represent approximately 14 percent of the poor and 17 percent of the extremely poor in Latin America. Also, they still ...