Tribal culture worldwide

“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)
https://home.crin.org/readlistenwatch/stories/2020/5/6/the-power-of-healing
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=52680

Alliances and constructive arrangements: United Nations’ theme for 9 August 2013 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

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2013 Theme: “Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements” The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9 August) was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994, to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1995 – 2004). In 2004, the Assembly … Read more

A landmark ruling on “loss of heritage values for the entire state”: Holding a company accountable for damaging an aboriginal sacred site – Australia

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Bridie Jabour and agencies, theguardian.com, Friday 2 August 2013 A mining company has been fined $150,000 for desecrating and damaging an Aboriginal sacred site in what the custodians are describing as a landmark ruling. OM Holdings, a subsidiary of OM Ltd, were found guilty of desecrating the Booto Creek Aboriginal sacred site known as Two Women Sitting … Read more

Adivasi Co-ordination Group Germany

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Adivasi-Koordination in Deutschland (Adivasi Co-ordination Group Germany) was founded in 1993 – the United Nations’ International Year of the Indigenous Peoples. Since 2002 we are a registered society. Our aim is to contribute towards the protection of the human rights of the indigenous and tribal peoples of South Asia. The co-ordination meetings, which take place … Read more

Indigenous population assert their culture and land rights peacefully: The patience of first peoples – Argentina

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A bad place to be indigenous. But Argentina’s ‘original peoples’ are gathering momentum.A clash of dreamsIndigenous Argentinians, disrespected and ignored for too long, are forging new alliances in their quest to safeguard the natural world […]As I draw closer, I see the ramshackle collection of painted wooden structures around which people are gathering. This is Punta … Read more