0emailprintFIJI BOXERS NEED HELP TO GET TO SAMOA FOR PACIFIC RIM BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP Press Release: Pacific Rim Boxing Championship (9th May 2012) The plight of Fijian boxers to take part in the inaugural Pacific Rim Boxing Championship (PRBC) hits another hurdle by failing to secure sponsorship, three weeks away from the first leg in Samoa. [...]
A Native American at his home on Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, which has some of the US’s poorest living conditions. US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations UN’s correspondent on indigenous peoples urges government to act to combat ‘racial discrimination’ felt by Native Americans A United Nations investigator probing discrimination [...]
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“We are pleased to announce that Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) has signed on as a Gold Sponsor of the 2012 World Indigenous Housing Conference, being held June 11-15, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia,” says Andrew Leach, 2012 WIHC Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA), which is [...]
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(Stuff) Two United States police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing for using pepper spray and a baton on spectators performing the haka at a high school football match. A Uintah County attorney yesterday found the Utah officers were justified in taking action because they feared a riot and were unfamiliar with the haka. The [...]
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En Passant: So the Bobbsey twins of racism, Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, got a little back today of what the thugs who protect them and their ilk dish out to Aboriginal people every day. Lunching at the appropriately named Porkbarrel Café for an awards ceremony, Gillard and Abbott became the target of a large crowd of demonstrators from [...]
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The end of the Maya long-count calendar does not predict a global catastrophe, let alone the end of the world, say native activists and elders who spoke to IPS in Guatemala. But what are coming to an end are the world’s natural resources, as a result of human activity, they warn. According to the Maya [...]
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An aboriginal woman has been appointed to the Northwest Territories (NWT) Supreme Court for the first time. With her swearing-in on Friday January 13, Shannon Smallwood became the first Dene to hold the post, and completes an all-woman, five-judge panel. “I think it’s significant. It shows the progress we’ve made in the Northwest Territories,” Smallwood [...]
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Indigenous Waves is a celebration of Indigenous cultures; locally, nationally and globally. Through music, storytelling, interviews, panel discussions, art and humour we explore the diversity of Indigenous Peoples. http://www.ciut.fm/index.php/shows-2/indigenous-waves/ Monday 4-5pm Host(s): Lindy Kinoshameg and Lynden Legault Email: indigenouswaves@gmail.com Web: Facebook: Indigenous Waves – Radio Show This Week’s Show: You can sponsor an hour of this program for [...]
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Indigenous leaders returning from Durban, South Africa condemn the fiasco of the United Nations climate change talks and demand a moratorium on a forest carbon offset scheme called REDD+ which they say threatens the future of humanity and Indigenous Peoples’ very survival. During the UN climate negotiations, a Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local [...]
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Outrage was the response to the news that Tucson schools has banned books, including “Rethinking Columbus,” with an essay by award-winning Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko, who lives in Tucson, and works by Buffy Sainte Marie, Winona LaDuke, Leonard Peltier and Rigoberta Menchu. The decision to ban Chicano and Native American books follows the 4 to 1 vote on Tuesday [...]
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