Comprising less than 5% of the world's population, indigenous people protect 80% of global biodiversity. Their role is under discussion by world leaders this week. Bromeliads, ferns, and orchids ...

While 17 states and dozens of cities recognize Indigenous Peoples Day, Montana — home to 12 tribes and seven reservations — is not among them. Sen. Shane Morigeau, D-Missoula, on Wednesday ...

Montgomery County began recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day annually on the second Monday of October, historically associated with Columbus Day. Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 marked the first Indigenous ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 7 2025 (IPS) - A UN groundbreaking report published in 1982 laid the legal ground for defining the inalienable rights of Indigenous Peoples. The document, written by José ...

ALL RIGHT, BRIAN THANK YOU. HAPPENING TODAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL, THERE IS A PUSH TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF MAY AS MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AWARENESS MONTH. KCRA 3’S ERIN HEFT IS ...

the world’s largest annual gathering of Indigenous peoples, to stress their commitment to respecting Indigenous rights and obtaining the consent of Indigenous communities before mining.

Increased mining of critical minerals is contributing to deforestation and threatening the rights of indigenous people Experts and indigenous peoples’ leaders have called for an end to rights ...

While Indigenous people make up five per cent of B.C.’s population, they account for 32 per cent of custody admissions, according to the province. The strategy takes a holistic approach by ...

Advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous people seek funding for the MMIW Task Force. The number of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Wisconsin is unclear, and as families of victims ...

SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – The Citizen Potawatomie Nation held a Remembrance Walk Friday in Shawnee to honor the many Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. This comes the same week Gov.

Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte on Friday signed Senate Bill 224 into law, making Indigenous Peoples Day an official state holiday, alongside Columbus Day, on the second Monday in October.