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Canadian First Nations leaders fight back against attack on Indigenous rights in British Columbia
Canadian Indigenous leaders have urged legislators in British Columbia to vote d...
Giovanni Torre 20 Apr 2026
Sámi documentary shares story of First Nations struggle across the Atlantic
The new documentary LET OUR MOUNTAINS LIVE will make its North American Premiere...
Giovanni Torre 25 Mar 2026
West Papua stresses Indigenous approval for palm oil expansion
The West Papua provincial government has stressed to Jakarta any release of fore...
Andrew Mathieson 12 Jan 2026
1936 Torres Strait maritime strike to be commemorated on Waiben
Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council (GBK), with partner orga...
Joseph Guenzler 7 Jan 2026
Indigenous Nations win 'ground-shaking' legal victory in Canadian rights case
Indigenous Nations have won a major legal victory in the Canadian province of Br...
Giovanni Torre 6 Dec 2025
'We always achieve yes after being told no' - Thomas Mayo on leadership and the future

When Thomas Mayo stepped onto the stage on Larrakia Country at the recent Hatchery First Nations Unlimited Leadership Summit recently a quiet settled over the room.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Nov 25, 2025
‘I will not stop fighting’: Greenlandic Inuit mother battles to reunite with her children

This article contains reporting of child removals some readers may find distressing. Greenlandic mother Keira Alexandra Kronvold has spent more than a year fighting to have her baby returned after Dan...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Nov 24, 2025
What Australia can learn from Canada on Truth and Treaty

When our team from the Australian National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth and Justice (NCRTJ) travelled to Canada, we were struck by how visible and structured their national approach to truth-telli...

Opinion: Aboriginal Australia is at a crossroads

Aboriginal Australia is at a crossroads. Traditionally federal Labor governments have offered more on Indigenous policy than the Coalition. There is a dawning realisation among many of us that these d...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Sep 30, 2025
New report reveals harms of Indigenous Consumer Racial Profiling in Canada

The Heiltsuk Nation released an expert report on Friday on Indigenous Consumer Racial Profiling as part of filings for a British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal complaint against Canadian Tire that wil...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 18, 2025
New United Nations Indigenous report marks "a historic shift"

This month, the United Nations published a landmark report that I had the honour of co-authoring: The Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge Dialogues, part of the Global Environment Outlook 7 (GEO-...

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Jesse J. Fleay Jul 1, 2025
“We are capable of anything”: First Nations leaders unite in Chile to share culture and strength

Since 2021, Chile has celebrated the diversity of its nation through the commemoration of National Indigenous Peoples' Day. Held on June 20 this year, the date depends on winter solstice in the Southe...

Maria Marouchtchak Maria Marouchtchak Jun 24, 2025
Experts warn mining rush risks Indigenous rights

A global race to secure critical minerals is placing environmental protections and Indigenous rights at risk, experts have warned at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 28, 2025
First of its kind repatriation sees ancestral remains returned to Rapa Nui

Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. The remains were originally donated to Indiana University (IU) in the 19...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 1, 2025
New book documents 50 years of Indigenous rights movement

Having spent her career advocating for change, Juno Gemes is a name synonymous with Australian photography, journalism and social justice. Gemes' photographs are renowned for making visible the histor...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Feb 25, 2025
Meanjin marches in solidarity for Survival Day

Thousands gathered in Meanjin (Brisbane) for the annual Invasion/Survival Day rally, enduring the heat to march in solidarity. The event featured speeches from prominent activists and community leader...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 26, 2025
Human Rights Watch slams Australian governments' treatment of children in justice systems

Australian governments increasingly violated the rights of children in the criminal justice system in 2024, Human Rights Watch said Friday in its World Report 2025.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 17, 2025
Indigenous group says Bringing Them Home report shows way forward in dispute with church

Elders and Stolen Generation victims connected to an Indigenous community service on the old Sister Kate's Children's Home in Perth's south-east have urged government leaders to broker a deal with the...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jan 7, 2025
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