Colonizing the Amazon: Brazil to Open Indigenous Reserves to Mining Without Indigenous Consent
Mongabay – The government intends to colonize and integrate the remaining indigenous communities in the Amazon.
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‘There Will Be an Increase in Deforestation’: Brazil’s New President Signs Order Endangering Amazon and Indigenous Rights
Olivia Rosane – In his first day in office, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro promised to destroy more of the Amazon.
Brazil’s ‘Donald Trump’ Threatens Grave Destruction of the Amazon and Genocide for Indigenous Tribes
Alex Pietrowski – This is terrible news for those who love the earth.
The Yaquis People Forcefully Halted A Pipeline’s Construction: “Standing Rock Of Mexico”
Markab Algedi – Should communities be allowed to decide the fate of their environment?
A Major Win for Indigenous Rights in Brazil
Vic Bishop – A legal victory as momentous as this is quite rare.
Small Victory in Indonesia as Rainforests Returned to Indigenous Control
Vic Bishop – To save the forests, they must be returned to those who will care for them.
Women Indigenous Rights Defenders Targeted by State & Corporate Terror
Christina Sarich – Being a female defender of human rights is increasingly dangerous.
Indigenous Mayans Win Stunning Repeal of Hated ‘Monsanto Law’
Alex Pietrowski – The Monsanto Law criminalized growing anything but . They resisted and won.
Preserving the Tribal Culture of ‘God’s Multi-Colored People’ of the Amazon
Andrea Davis – The call of the Amazon led me to this tribe who need our help in preserving their land and culture.
These 4 Young People are the Voice of the Next Revolution
Sigmund Fraud – These four inspiring young people are setting the example with their courage and integrity.
Guatemalan Indigenous Communities Beat Monsanto & Seed Privatization
Jeff Abbott – For 10 days, the streets in front of the legislature were clogged with thousands of protesters demanding the repeal of the law…
Balu Wala, or the Kuna ‘Good Life’: How One Indigenous Tribe is Passing on its Traditions
Ruxandra Guidi, Mongabay Waking Times Balancing the old world and the new, the Kuna people keep their heritage intact Jesús Smith is sitting at his old wooden desk facing the entrance to his house. He’s hunched over, shirtless, and wearing his chunky reading glasses while writing copious notes by hand — a favorite pastime. When …
Report Reveals Indigenous Human Rights Abuses by Corporations, Governments in the Amazon
Jordanna Dulaney, Mongabay Waking Times Regnskogfondet (the Rainforest Foundation of Norway) recently released a 52-page report entitled “Human Rights and Resource Conflicts in the Amazon.” The report took over six months to complete and gives an in-depth account of the conflicts activists and indigenous peoples (IPs) are having with corporations and governmental agencies. It relays …
Helping the Amazon’s ‘Jaguar People’ Protect Their Culture And Traditional Wisdom
Rhett A. Butler, Mongabay Waking Times Tribes in the Amazon are increasingly exposed to the outside world by choice or circumstance. The fallout of outside contact has rarely been anything less than catastrophic, resulting in untold extinction of hundreds of tribes over the centuries. For ones that survived the devastation of introduced disease and conquest, …
Shadow People
Gregg Prescott, M.S., In5D Guest Waking Times Have you ever seen some energy out of the corner of your eye and when you looked, nothing was there? More and more people are talking about seeing shadow people and are wondering who they are and what their purpose is. Shadow people are commonly reported as being …
Occupy the Bomb: People Power Challenges Nuclear Power with Nationwide Demonstrations
Peter Rugh, Waging Nonviolence Contributor Waking Times Occupy Nukes demonstrations were held in towns and cities across the United States on Monday, marking the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Approximately 140,000 civilians were killed by the bomb, code-named Little Boy, while hundreds of thousands died later of cancer, and thousands more …
Lessons for the People of the Corn
Sharon Brown, Sacred Fire Contributor Waking Times Can we prepare ourselves so that the transformation of 2012 is a time of celebration instead of lamentation? An interview with OmeAkaEhekatl (Erick Gonzalez) Erick Gonzalez was born in Guatemala in 1959. At two, paralyzed by polio, he was taken to traditional Mayan healers by his grandmother. He recovered and, as …
The Chosen People of Iboga: A Conversation with Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis
Dimitri’s line of argument runs even deeper though. His idea of healing is fundamentally different than that of the mainstream medical establishment, and based in an entirely different weltanschauung. “The psychiatrist and the scientist want to measure everything, but they cannot measure love. That is not quantifiable.”
Report Reveals Number Of Environmental Activists Killed Each Week
John Vibes – The world is turning its attention to the battle between indigenous people and the powerful interests who are seeking to take their land for financial gain.
Brazilian Experts Warn in Open Letter to President Bolsonaro a ‘Genocide Is Underway’ Against Uncontacted Tribes
Jessica Corbett – The experts wrote that they are “extremely worried” about the firing of a top official at the agency that handles policies on Indigenous peoples.