Indigenous Peoples
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Heroes
Heroes PeruGoT Star Goes Deep Into the Endangered Rain Forest, Says: “There Is Hope”
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau recently traveled to Peru with the UN agency on an investigative mission: uncovering the root of the fires in the Amazon, and what can be done to prevent future devastations.
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Society
Society USATask Force Founded to Protect Native American Women and Children from Crimes
In the United States, Native American women and girls have experienced violence in outrageous rates. Calling their situation “heartbreaking”, President Donald Trump has stepped up and launched a task force to help protect indigenous women and children.
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Society
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Society
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Heroes
HeroesThieves Return Stolen Hand from Totem After Realizing What It Symbolizes
When thieves stole the left hand of a totem pole created by the Kwakiutl First Nation Canadian artist Charles Joseph, they did not know what it signified. But as soon as they found out what the artwork means to so many people, they immediately returned the…
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Society
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Society
SocietyNative Americans Get Waiver to Remove Plants from National Park for Ancient Dish
The federal government of the U.S.A. has acknowledged the rights of Cherokee Indians to harvest traditional plant foods on their ancestral homeland, lifting the ban of foraging sochan, a unique green plant, in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.
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Heroes
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Environment
Environment“Be Good to Us to Help The Forest”, Indigenous Tribes Ask Amazon Countries
Leaders in the Amazon – including the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru – have joined the indigenous peoples at a summit held in Leticia, Colombia to sign a conservation pact focused on protecting the rainforest.