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News of Note 3/21/25: Standing Rock Statement, Palm Oil Impacts from US Snacks, Indigenous Climate Resilience
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s statement on Energy Transfer’s lawsuit, Indigenous Peoples in West Papua boycott US snack and beauty products from palm oil impacts, multiple Indigenous voices addressing the climate crisis.
News of Note 3/14/25: $700M Compensation, AI Cultural Appropriation, Landmark Indigenous Rights Rulings
Australian commonwealth liable to $700 million compensation to traditional owners, Adobe criticized for AI appropriation of Indigenous culture and art, landmark rulings for Sámi and Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation among others.
News of Note 3/7/25: Oil and Gas Alarms in Peru, FPIC as ‘Right to Robust Process’, Remembering 41 Indigenous Defenders
Benefits of returning U.S. public land to Indigenous Peoples, oil and gas threats in Peru, Canadian court ruling FPIC as “right to robust process”, and remembering 41 Indigenous defenders murdered in Latin America. Plus young Māori activists, Brandi Morin’s latest article on mining impacts in Ecuador, profiles on Berta Caceres and Tarcila Rivera-Zea and more.
News of Note 2/21/25: Timber Withdraw from Baram Land, Indigenous Futures Thinking, Extraction Fast-tracks from Tariff Fears
Timber industry withdraw from Baram lands, Canada fast-tracking extraction projects amidst tariff threats, Aboriginal group seeks $1.1 billion from iron ore claim, Indigenous futures thinking approaches and more.