Indigenous people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are now under threat from large-scale displacement due to land grabbing, setting up of parks and social forestation, Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum (BIPF) leaders said yesterday.

The situation might worsen further due to the absence of constitutional recognition of indigenous people's identity and rights, lack of effective policy, non-implementation of the CHT Treaty and non-functioning of the CHT Land Commission, BIPF leaders said at more...

(New York, 6 August) In commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People (9 August), an observance at UN Headquarters on Friday, 8 August will focus on efforts by indigenous peoples and States to foster reconciliation.

A panel discussion, titled "Conciliation and Reconciliation between States and Indigenous Peoples" will include speakers Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations; Henri Paul Normandin, Deputy Permanent Representative more...

At the 2008 U.S. National Conference for Media Reform, Silvia Rivera cites effective use by native Americas, Hispanic Americans, and others to utilize the media to protect their rights

In response to the outcry over the continuing absence of vulnerable groups from international debates on climate change, UNESCO’s Coasts and Small Islands platform and Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems programme launched an Internet-based discussion forum on 12 June.

The Frontlines forum will explore the experiences of rural or indigenous communities living in small islands, the circumpolar Arctic, high-altitude zones, low-lying coastal areas, tropical forests, desert margins and other more...

A radical shake-up of Queensland's Indigenous communities will begin next Tuesday, with new welfare and alcohol laws coming into force.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr said between July 1 and December 31, Indigenous councils would have to give up their general liquor licences.

The move affects nine canteens and taverns in remote communities and aims to reduce alcohol-related harm, violence and crime, increase school attendance, and address heal more...

There are an estimated 370 million indigenous people living in over 70 countries worldwide. They present a rich diversity of cultures, religions, traditions, languages and histories yet they continue to be among the world's poorest and most marginalized populations.

In both poor and industrialized countries in which they live, the health status of indigenous peoples is invariably lower than that of the overall population.

Through a number of World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions, WHO is more...

Bush medicine will be used in Alice Springs to treat people with chronic kidney disease.

A special garden created by the Alice Springs Desert Park (ASDP) will supply bush medicine to people relocated from remote communities to undergo lifesaving dialysis.

Launched on Friday by ASDP nursery manager Tim Collins, the project will also provide the Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku charity with bush tucker.

Mr Collins said the project sought to promote Indigenous health and more...

Hundreds of Aboriginal men will gather in the sandy desert of Central Australia to dispel notions they are 'brutal and uncaring'.

Since the federal intervention to combat child sex abuse was launched a year ago, health manager John Liddle - from the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress - says Indigenous men have been painted in a negative light.

Worse still, it's an indiscriminate stereotype.

To counter the negative labelling and set a framework for change, a summit will be held next more...

Emerging tourist ventures run by local Aboriginal people will be given a helping hand with specialised centres guiding their growth in Darwin and Alice Springs.

There are already more than 80 Aboriginal businesses Territory-wide offering a range of services, from basic bush camping to luxury safari style accommodation.

They also charter tour operators and run fishing tours.

NT Tourism Minister Kon Vatskalis yesterday predicted a rosy future for home-grown talent after the government ann more...

Federal representatives, provincial presentatives, Indian Act bands, contemporary communities or their amalgamated tribal councils are not qualified to negotiate away unceded traditional Aboriginal territory or jurisdiction, no matter how much the government pays them.

Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation is continuing in their struggle for the protection of the constitutionally protected rights of the traditional Algonquin Nation, through the examination by competent experts, and protection more...