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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 43m

New report finds United Kingdom complicit in 'ecocide' throughout West Papua nit.com.au/11-09-2025/2...

New report finds United Kingdom complicit in 'ecocide' throughout West Papua

A new report about British involvement in occupied West Papua was tabled on Tuesday in the UK parliament.West Papua activists say the report, 'Bringing it All Back Home: the role of British companies ...

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 45m

New road in Peruvian Amazon sparks fear of invasion among Indigenous Shawi icmagazine.org/new-road-in-...

New road in Peruvian Amazon sparks fear of invasion among Indigenous Shawi – Intercontinental Cry

Peru’s Indigenous Shawi peoples continue to contest a plan to build a highway through their territory in the country’s Amazonian region, citing fears about losing their land — even as local authoritie...

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 1h

Malaysia: FPIC must be written into law to make a real difference theedgemalaysia.com/node/772381

Community: FPIC must be written into law to make a real difference

Nearly 100 households in Kampung Sena, Mukim Bebar, Pekan, are facing eviction following legal proceedings that claimed that the villagers have been occupying and building structures on the agricultur...

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Forest Peoples Programme @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social · 3h

Two protected areas in Peru have dispossessed the Kichwa people of their ancestral territories in the Peruvian Amazon.

This briefing looks at their struggle to demand restitution, reparations and benefits, and defend their rights.

Read the full briefing: www.forestpeoples.org/publications...

From dispossession to territorial self-demarcation: the case of the Kichwa people and protected areas in the San Martin region of the Peruvian Amazon

Article- Forest Peoples Programme - Working with forest peoples to secure their rights

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 20h

Christopher Columbus isn’t an American hero and neither is Trump icmagazine.org/christopher-...

Christopher Columbus isn’t an American hero and neither is Trump – Intercontinental Cry

Early Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation praising Christopher Columbus as a “true American hero” and a “giant of Western civilization.” But

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 23h

More than 100 Indigenous leaders from across the world are gathering at the global Indigenous peoples’ summit at the IUCN World Conservation Congress that begins Oct. 8.

The summit aims to set conservation priorities and commitments, highlighting Indigenous peoples’ effective participation.

Indigenous leaders gather at the IUCN Indigenous Peoples and Nature summit

More than 100 Indigenous leaders from across the world are gathering at the global Indigenous peoples’ summit at the IUCN World Conservation Congress that begins Oct. 8 in Abu Dhabi. The summit aims…

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 23h

40 Alaska Tribes Challenge Federal Approval of Ambler Mining Road icmagazine.org/40-alaska-tr...

40 Alaska Tribes Challenge Federal Approval of Ambler Mining Road – Intercontinental Cry

The Trump administration has given final approval to a controversial road project through Alaska’s Brooks Range that promises to connect the Ambler mining distr

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 1d

In Alaska’s wild north, over 40 Tribes are rising to protect their homelands from the Ambler Road, a 211-mile mining route that threatens caribou, salmon, and the lifeways of Alaska Native communities.

#DefendTheSacred #NoToAmblerRoad #IndigenousRights
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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Brazil Riot Police Accused of Illegal Eviction of Guarani and Kaiowá icmagazine.org/brazil-riot-...

Brazil Riot Police Accused of Illegal Eviction of Guarani and Kaiowá – Intercontinental Cry

In a fraught escalation of a land conflict in Mato Grosso do Sul, Guarani and Kaiowá Indigenous communities attempting to reoccupy territory in Brazil's Terra I

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

great, thank you so much @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Missionaries are Using New Tech to Reach Isolated Indigenous Peoples in Brazil icmagazine.org/missionaries...

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Id appreciate the help. I couldn't find anything from Brazil (I searched through google)

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

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Supreme Court refuses to hear Apache Stronghold’s religious freedom case for a second, final time

The justices declined to revisit an earlier decision to throw out the nonprofit’s case on Monday.

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

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As Kremlin Boasts of Arctic Riches, Indigenous Peoples Struggle to Survive - The Moscow Times

For months, Kseniia Bolshakova’s sister has struggled to put food on the table in Khatanga, a village of 2,500 people and one of Russia’s northernmost settlements. “She said they haven’t been able to ...

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Indigenous Peoples in India’s northeast protest mega-dam plan to counter China

Photos: Tribesmen protest India’s mega-dam plan to counter China

Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh state fear displacement as the dam is planned as a response to China's upstream project.

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

are you going to put out a press statement about this. I can't find any other coverage anywhere

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Survival International @survivalinternational.org · 2d

⚠️ Ranchers and local police attacked a Guarani Kaiowá community ⚠️

Several Guarani Kaiowá communities are fighting to get their lands back from ranchers and “re-occupy” them. But the ranchers often pay gunmen and use local police to force the Indigenous people out.
Act now: svlint.org/GuaraniB

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

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Why Taiwan’s Indigenous youth are learning what was taken – AsAmNews

"In Taiwan, a new generation is reclaiming endangered languages like Amis and Paiwan—reviving identity and culture in face of historical suppression."

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

As summer fades, Saugeen First Nation celebrates getting their beach back www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

As massive data centers begin popping up across Oklahoma, Indigenous organizers are sounding the alarm. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...

Indigenous environmental advocates say data centers risk water, culture and informed consent

As massive data centers begin popping up across Oklahoma, Indigenous organizers are sounding the alarm.

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

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How Indigenous Guatemalans Fought Pollution Themselves - Impakter

When the authorities failed to protect their water supply, Indigenous leaders took direct action to remove the fish farms causing pollution.

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

Ecuador Revokes Gold Mine License After 100,000 March to Defend Water icmagazine.org/ecuador-revo...

Ecuador Revokes Gold Mine License After 100,000 March to Defend Water – Intercontinental Cry

Just two weeks after 100,000 people poured into the streets demanding water protection, Ecuador’s government has revoked the environmental license granted to Ca

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 8d

Indigenous residents, farmers, and church groups in the southern Philippines continue to resist a coal mine they say threatens health, livelihoods and ancestral lands.

Philippine tribes revive reforestation to defy coal mining expansion

SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — It’s been three years since production began at a coal mine in the mountain village of Ned, some 1,500 kilometers, nearly 1,000 miles, south of Manila, on the southern…

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

A Toxic Mine Threatens Grassy Narrows’ Waters icmagazine.org/a-toxic-mine...

IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

Paraguay appointed an ex-military officer to lead its national indigenous agency. Then they moved the agency's head office to a military barracks. Indigenous peoples pushed back and won.

Indigenous Resistance Forces Paraguayan Government to Reverse Course – Intercontinental Cry

After nearly two weeks of disruptive roadblocks and Indigenous mobilizations across Paraguay, the government of President Santiago Peña bowed to Indigenous dema

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