The Philippines: Nearly two months ago, 600 farmers and Indigenous people came together in Puerto Princesa on Palawan Island to urge the Provincial government not to endorse the proposed mining plans of MacroAsia and Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC).
Thankfully, the government ended up agreeing with the protesters...
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Colombia: Some 5,000 people took part in a march organized by indigenous rights groups to protest against a 2009 U.S.-Colombia military pact and to demand to be involved in Colombian politics.
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The Iroquois: For some 30 years, the [Iroquois] (People of the Longhouse), often known as the Six Nations Confederation, have been accustomed to traveling internationally from and back to North America on Haudenosaunee passports. Now, however, the United States government has evidently taken issue with the Haudenosaunee passports.
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Guyana: Guyana's indigenous people are accusing the government of snatching their traditional land through poor demarcation as the authorities try to benefit from a U.N. program to preserve the country's rainforests.
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Peru: Widespread illegal harvesting of mahogany — bound for the United States and other world markets — continues inside a Peruvian reserve for uncontacted indigenous tribes, according to a report released this month by the nonprofit Upper Amazon Conservancy.
The UAC’s year-long investigation documented logging settlements and felled trees throughout the 1.2-million-acre Muruanahua Territorial Reserve for Indigenous People in Voluntary Isolation.
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Botswana: A court in Botswana ruled [on July 21, 2010] that indigenous dwellers in one of the driest parts of the world will not be allowed to drill wells for water.
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The Shinnecock: But this land is not part of the Hamptons, neither is it really part of the United States any more. This patch – in the middle of the playground to Manhattan's social elite – is proudly and fiercely Native American country.
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The Ketchi and the Mopan: The Mayas of Southern Belize have customary land tenure rights in 33 villages - that's the upshot of a 62 page decision delivered by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh [on June 28, 2010].
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The Association for Akha Education and Culture is the oldest NGO for indigenous peoples in Asia. Founded in 1981 by Dutch anthropologists and tribal elders it campaigns for the culture and civil liberties of the Golden Triangle Hill Tribes. Its 12 humanitarian and cultural projects encompass 264 villages in 4 Thai provinces bordering Burma. It works with The United Nations and other international organizations and offers international volunteer opportunities.
