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Hear from the youth at UN Indigenous forum

Meet six of the young leaders who are attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York.

Vermont Abenaki chiefs defend their identities in advance of UVM symposium

Vermont's Abenaki chiefs defended their identities ahead of a symposium at UVM where they will be questioned as frauds by Abenakis from Canada.

Abenaki in Quebec take identity fraud concerns to the United Nations

Since 2011, the state of Vermont has legally recognized four groups as Abenaki tribes. Abenaki in Quebec have long opposed them, and raised their concerns at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Tribes turn to the U.N. as major wind project plans to cut through their lands in the U.S.

Last week, a United States federal judge rejected a request from Indigenous nations to stop SunZia, a $10 billion dollar wind transmission project that would cut through traditional tribal lands in southwestern Arizona. Amy Juan is a member of the Tohono O’odham nation at the Arizona-Mexico border and brought the news of the federal court’s […]

Ghana needs strong policy on indigenous people to ensure progress of the continent – Un Peace Ambassador to Ghana