“I think the important thing is to realise in this discussion that we are holistic people and so every time we do something as indigenous people, we are considering everything, everything around us, and I think we should do the same throughout the world.” – Linda Young, artist and Traditional Knowledge Keeper for the Saskatchewan Public School Division in Canada, interviewed by Veronica Yates, Director of Child Rights International Network CRIN, in “The Power of Healing” (15 January 2020)
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TRIBAL NOISE | 09 Excerpt: Isak Munda From off beaten tracts to be unbeaten– Grace Nivedita SithaRaman (Wunn) This is the day when i shall hold you in wonder! When I disclose to you a tribal labourer. In the green corner of the tribal hamlet of hilly Sambalpur, In the state of Jaganatho – Odisha, … Read more
Indigenous Peoples and AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures While AI can support cultural revitalization, youth empowerment, and even adaptation to climate chance, it often reinforces bias, exclusion, and misrepresentation towards Indigenous Peoples. Most AI systems are built without Indigenous input, risking the misuse of their data, knowledge, and identities. Besides, massive data centers can also impact … Read more
Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract There are over 476 million indigenous peoples living in 90 countries across the world, accounting for 6.2 per cent of the global population. Indigenous peoples are the holders of a vast diversity of unique cultures, traditions, languages and knowledge systems. They … Read more
Factory Schools: crimes against children from Survival International on Vimeo. Two million tribal and indigenous children are in Factory Schools today. Lives are destroyed and families are torn apart as the children are intentionally alienated from their community and stripped of their identity. – Campaign to put indigenous education under indigenous control >>
To view the original animated resource (3 min.) and listen to school children reflecting on the Indian Removal Act of 1830, click here >> If you were told that you had to leave your home and go live somewhere far away, how would you react? Thousands of American Indians who originally lived east of the … Read more