NATIVES
Caribbean natives threw hot-pepper bombs at Columbus, historian says
Columbus didn't recognize that the Taíno people he came across in the Carribbean had built their own civilization.
A Canadian Branch of Anonymous Is Standing Up for Anti-Fracking Protesters
They're particularly mad about an RCMP officer who, at the protest, said, "Crown land belongs to the government, not to fucking Natives."
Human Safari
Tourists on India's Andaman Islands are taken by the busload to watch the Jarawa tribe go about their daily lives.
The Wildly Depressing History of Canadian Residential Schools
After hearings earlier this year revealed the use of an electric chair as a punishment device for Native children at residential schools, we looked into the horrifying and torturous history of Canada's sick attempt to solve the "Indian Problem."
What Exactly Is Idle No More?
In an era where the streets of Athens seem to be permanently burning, senseless partisanship nearly sent America off the fiscal cliff, and a delicate global economy fuels revolutions everywhere, continual political unrest is par for the course. Even...
Offal the Menu
One of the main delicacies on Barra is black pudding. It’s a tasty sausage of blood, fat and oats. We met a fisherman called Stu and his brother in-law Ian and they told us, over about 15 whiskies, how best to make it. That and another delicacy, sheep...
Boss Drum
I made that skin over there, it's going to be what I bring to the touring exhibition we're going on with our school. The skin is just about finished, all I need are some branches from nature to make a frame.
VICE Fashion - Saami Boarding School
In 1964 the board of education decided it was time to right some wrongs—like forcing kids to live in weird, exotic tents instead of houses and giving them shitty teachers—and built modern dormitories for Saami students whose parents lived far away.
Arctic Birdie
Kulturkraft is a school project that has been initiated to make Swedish, Saami and Finnish culture meet without people cussing at each other. As a part of this project one class of Saami kids are making contributions to an art exhibition that will open...
VICE Fashion - Saami Boarding School
In 1964 the board of education decided it was time to right some wrongs—like forcing kids to live in weird, exotic tents instead of houses and giving them shitty teachers—and built modern dormitories for Saami students whose parents lived far away.
Boss Drum
I made that skin over there, it's going to be what I bring to the touring exhibition we're going on with our school. The skin is just about finished, all I need are some branches from nature to make a frame.