Bay Mills Indian Community’s advocacy to protect lands and waters from Enbridge Line 5 threats, Indigenous Peoples’ COP30 priorities, Gwich’in response to re-opening the Arctic Refuge for development, final Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative consultation, and more. 

Tallgrass Institute has published a primer on the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), discussing the Standard’s structure, how its audits work, and key improvements and gaps in proposed revisions to the Standard's chapter about Indigenous Peoples and FPIC.

UN reports show escalating human rights abuses and erasure of Indigenous Peoples in Russia, Maya people in Yucatán concerned by major Heineken plant water use, Indigenous Guatemalans cleaned up Lake Atitlán and now protest further state-sanctioned harm, and more.

Primer on Tribal Benefit Agreements in the U.S., Keewaywin Fund discussion, check-in on proposed updates to the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance, and more.

Over the last quarter, we connected Indigenous leaders to investors – through direct engagements, discussions around emerging issues for Tribes in the U.S., and publications – to build investor knowledge and action towards integration of Indigenous priorities even as we see constriction of investor leverage in the U.S. Our work is responsive to the generational view that Indigenous Peoples carry, and our role in this tense geopolitical moment is to keep the high-water mark for Indigenous Peoples and FPIC. 

New report documents 146 cases of homicides and kidnappings of land defenders in 2024, Norway’s $1.6 trillion pension fund divests from French mining giant over environmental and Indigenous rights risk, Cultural Survival Quarterly's Brazil issue ahead of COP30, and more. 

Anacé filed formal complaint about water and subsistence impacts from major TikTok data center in Brazil, UN rapporteur urged protection for evicted San people, new study shows rainforest preservation on Indigenous lands protects from disease, and more.

On Tuesday, September 23, A Just Climate Transition - Protecting Indigenous People's Rights While Ensuring a Low-Carbon and Sustainable Future invites policymakers, funders, end users, and allies to stand with Indigenous leaders in making Free Prior and Informed consent (FPIC), land rights, and Indigenous Peoples' sovereignty non-negotiable in climate action — and to help move from extractive models toward a just and sustainable energy transition.

Logging infrastructure in the Amazon exposes the Mashco Piro tribe, among the world’s largest uncontacted groups; Mi’gmaq chiefs want Indigenous-led impact review of NB Power’s proposed gas plant, little known of risk from wind energy projects being rushed among highest population of Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia, and more.

Emergency injunction of Oak Flat land transfer, report on Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the 2025 AGM season, participant engagement updates, and more. Plus action items, upcoming events, recently released resources, and news items of interest.

New report finds Philippines the most dangerous Asian country for Indigenous Peoples, Apache Stronghold responds to US pushback from sacred land transfer halt, Adidas acknowledges and visits Oaxaca town after called out for appropriation of Villa Hidalgo Yalalag culture, and more.