Amazon’s Indigenous people urge Brazil to declare climate emergency as rivers dry up
Manaus, BrazilReuters Indigenous inhabitants in the Amazon are asking the Brazilian Government to declare a climate emergency as their villages have no drinking water, food or medicine due to a severe drought that is drying up rivers vital for travel in the rainforest, their leaders said on Tuesday. The drought and heatwave has killed masses […]
Rio’s latest rock shelter damage highlights need for Aboriginal Voice, advocates say
Melbourne, Australia Reuters Damage caused to an Aboriginal rock shelter by mining giant Rio Tinto in August underscores the need for better heritage protection laws and a greater say for Indigenous groups promised in this month’s Voice referendum, advocates say. Rio admitted on 21st September to damaging a rock shelter on 6th August in Western […]
Thousands in Australia rally for struggling Indigenous referendum
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands rallied in Australia on Sunday to support recognising the country’s Indigenous people in the constitution, a proposal that is struggling ahead of a referendum next month.If approved on 14th October, the measure would enshrine Indigenous people in the constitution and set up an advisory body to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
Essay: Time to listen to the “deep and resounding call for justice”
GERSHON NIMBALKER, national director of Australian-based Christian justice advocacy organisation Common Grace, explains why the organisation is calling for a ‘yes’ vote in the upcoming referendum on the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament…
The Voice
There’s an Irish proverb which says that if you’re going to cut Sean’s hair, make sure he’s in the room. A coat-of-arms on the Australian Parliament House. PICTURE: Marcus Reubenstein/Unsplash It seems that for too long our governments have made decisions about Indigenous people, without them being in the room, and we’ve wondered why they […]
“People of the forest”: Indigenous Indonesians stake claim to land
Recognition of customary forests in Indonesia has been hailed for tackling land-grabbing and deforestation, but Indigenous leaders are demanding greater rights. PETER YEUNG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
New sensory garden brings therapeutic opportunities for Australian foster care families
Sydney, Australia It takes a village to build a garden, especially the kind of garden that helps children adjust to big changes. Lucky for the children and families of Anglicare’s Foster Care program in Sydney, that village created one of the only sensory gardens of its kind in Australia. Specifically designed for those involved in […]
Brazil’s Indigenous population double the size previously recorded – census
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazil has 1.69 million Indigenous people, almost twice as many as previously acknowledged by the state, according to numbers announced on Monday by the national statistics agency IBGE from the 2022 census. In 2010, the IBGE had counted 896,917 Indigenous people. Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, or Vanda, from the Witoto Indigenous people, attends […]
Addressing an epidemic: How Native American police are fighting the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women
ANDREW HAY, of Reuters, reports on efforts to address the US epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives…
Australia debates Indigenous referendum as pamphlets launched
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Parties on both sides of a debate on whether to constitutionally recognise Australia’s Indigenous people released their official pamphlets on Tuesday, which will start being delivered to letterboxes across the country. Australians will be asked to vote in a referendum later this year on whether they support altering the constitution to include a […]