1. Latin America and the Caribbean Indigenous Peoples Prepare for World Conference

Guatemala City, Guatemala (UCTP Taino News) – Indigenous Peoples from throughout Latin American and Caribbean are meeting in Guatemala to discuss and organize regional perspectives on the upcoming United Nations World Conference ...

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2. Canadian and US aboriginal groups vow to block oil pipelines

An alliance of Canadian and US aboriginal groups vowed on Wednesday to block three multibillion-dollar oil pipelines that are planned to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands, saying they are prepared to take physical action to stop them. ...

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3. Rio De Janeiro Police Force Indigenous People Out Of Museum Near World Cup Stadium

RIO DE JANEIRO — Pandemonium broke out in the shadow of Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium on Friday as riot police raided an old museum that authorities want razed ahead of the 2014 World Cup, but where a few indigenous people had squatt...

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4. Accidental fall claims political activist

CHASE, BC - His native name was Dacajeweiah, or Splitting the Sky, a name that John Boncore took to heart through a lifetime of political activism. A Chase resident, Boncore, 61, was found dead on Wednesday on a path on the Adams Lake Indian ...

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5. Greenland government falls as voters send warning to mining companies

GREENLAND - The race for resources in the frozen wastes of the Arctic has brought down its first national government, leaving foreign oil and mining companies shivering about the future. Voters in Greenland feared that ministers were surrendering t...

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6. Mineral riches at stake in Greenland vote

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Greenland's underground wealth is at the forefront of the Arctic island's parliamentary election on Tuesday amid worries over a potential influx of Chinese labor and the environmental consequences of mining. &nbsp...

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7. Police mercilessly beat several including woman, child in Marudi mountain

RUPUNUNI, GUYANA - Several policemen were Sunday in hot water in connection with the brutal beating of several persons including a woman and her young child on a trail to the gold bearing area of Marudi, Southern Rupununi.

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8. Moccasins on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water

Lakota know we love Unci Maka. All of Unci Maka. Our ancestors were free, to follow the Star Nation Path (the Good Red Road), to roam, to hunt, to be happy, to have sacred water. Then one day, FAT TAKER came thru camp, and stole the fat that ...

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9. Environmental Racism is Rearing it's Ugly Head Once Again

Bemidji, MN: On Friday, March 1st, in an unexpected move, President Obama’s U.S. Department of State released its draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline section that will cross the...

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10. Local Boriken Taíno Leader, Jose Xuerix Guaynia Camacho Passes into Koaibei

Boriken (UCTP Taino News) - Respected singer and Boriken (Puerto Rico) tribal community leader of “Tainos Ciba-Ro Turey,” Jose “Xuerix Guaynia” Camacho closed his eyes and passed on to Koaibei (the Spirit World) after ...

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11. COONAPIP, Panama’s Indigenous Peoples Coordinating Body, withdraws from UN-REDD

Panama - COONAPIP, the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples in Panama, has withdrawn from the UN-REDD process in Panama. In a letter to the UN, COONAPIP explains that UN-REDD “does not currently offer guarantees for respectin...

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12. Indigenous women from Asia and Pacific speak out about sexual violence...

UNITED NATIONS - This week, indigenous women from throughout the Asia-Pacific region have gathered to raise their voices and present their concerns to the on-going session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. This sessi...

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13. Pillay condemns “abhorrent” attacks on people with albinism in Tanzania

GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said Tuesday she was appalled by reports of an upsurge in attacks against people with albinism in Tanzania, and called on the authorities there to take stronger measures t...

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14. World's Indigenous Leaders Firm Up Partnership with IFAD

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines - Indigenous peoples’ leaders and representatives from various parts worldwide have sought to strengthen and improve their partnership with a UN financial institution, which specializes in supporting agricultural ...

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15. First Nations keep their powder dry

CANADA - For an event that so concerned First Nations lands, last month's hearing session on the Enbridge Pipeline in Vancouver was notable for one thing: the absence of First Nations. Many people spoke, including engineers, former shipping ca...

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