Essay: A better faith
TIM COSTELLO reflects on the late Australian Indigenous leader Lowitja O’Donoghue’s “deep” Christian faith…
Australian Indigenous leaders vow silence after landmark referendum defeat
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian Indigenous leaders called on Sunday for a week of silence and reflection after a referendum to recognise the First Peoples in the constitution was decisively rejected by a majority of the population. More than 60 per cent of Australians voted “No” in the landmark referendum on Saturday, the first in almost a […]
Vaccine rollout a “war against time” for Amazon Indigenous groups
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous leaders in the Amazon rainforest urged governments this week to ensure vaccine rollouts reach all tribal communities as a devastating new wave of COVID-19 overwhelms the region’s health systems. Jose Gregorio Diaz, who heads the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin (COICA), said his people faced a […]
With Junipero Serra banished, California’s Indigenous activists and artists ask what goes in his place
Los Angeles, USRNS When the Junipero Serra statue in downtown Los Angeles was toppled four months ago, artist and community organizer Joel Garcia was among those who cried, prayed and celebrated in a Native American ceremony. Activists removed the monument to the 18th-century Franciscan missionary because it symbolises to many an imperial conquest that enslaved […]