indigenous groups
Suicides and 'Shorter, Bleaker' Lives Plague Indigenous Groups Around the World
The Guaraní-Kaiowa indigenous people of southern Brazil report a suicide rate 34 times higher than the national average.
President Obama Renamed Mt. McKinley and Pissed Off Some Ohio Republicans
By executive order, President Obama renames the nation's highest peak Denali, the Athabascan name meaning 'the high one' or 'great one.'
Rural and Urban Voices Are Banding Together in Movement to End Corruption in Guatemala
An unlikely alliance has emerged in 11 weeks of protest against the government Otto Perez Molina: Rural, mostly indigenous groups are joining urban protesters, surprising deeply divided Guatemala.
Peru's Indigenous Communities Are Fighting Back Against Environmental Contamination by Seizing Oil Wells
The government has failed to sufficiently regulate the oil sector, say the protestors, and runoff from drilling has poisoned rivers and streams.
UN Climate Change Summit Yields Major Announcements on Deforestation
Governments pledged to halt destruction of the world’s forests. But conservationists warn that words – and billions of dollars in aid – aren’t enough to halt a leading cause of climate change.
