Trump's aggressive push toward deep-sea mining is putting pressure on global negotiators to act fast to shape deep-sea mining ...

The Musqueam Indian Band and the federal government have signed three deals that recognize the First Nation’s Aboriginal rights and increase its role in fisheries and marine emergency management in an ...

A federal agreement recognizing xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Aboriginal rights in much of Metro Vancouver has sparked debate about ...

As delegates from around the world gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the United Nations’ 29th annual climate summit, also known as COP29, one of the most contentious debates centers on carbon trading—a ...

To say the Iñupiat of Kaktovik are appalled by the 2024 Record of Decision, or ROD, for Oil and Gas Leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be an understatement. The outcome was put into ...

SYDNEY, Oct 5 (Reuters) - An Indigenous senator in Australia was targeted with threats and racial abuses in a video on social media, just days before the country votes in a referendum on whether to ...

When laws are designed fairly, in line with international human rights standards and applied consistently, they can be an important tool for upholding justice and equality. But without safeguards, ...

Since time immemorial, Indigenous Maasai have called the grasslands of Northern Tanzania home. But for years, the Tanzania government has been trying to convert the region, which is legally Maasai ...

Australia’s government has bought the copyright to the Aboriginal flag, making it freely available for public use and ending a longstanding battle over the design. In a deal worth more than 20 million ...

The land rights of Indigenous peoples across millions of acres of forests in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru must be protected and strengthened if the world has any hope of achieving the goals set ...

It may surprise you, citizen reader, that there are Americans out there who hold deeper constitutional rights in Canada than you. It’s because they’re Indigenous, and because the Supreme Court decided ...