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How to Save Indigenous Languages
[Clip: Levenofi welcome song] Tulika Bose: You’re listening to a celebration in the Levenofi village in the remote highlands of the island nation of Papua New Guinea. I was here with our Scientific American video crew last year to make a documentary. I and my co-producer Kelso Harper didn’t know what any of these words meant. But
Why more than 60 Indigenous nations oppose the Line 5 oil pipeline
The Line 5 oil pipeline that snakes through Wisconsin and Michigan won a key permit this month: pending federal studies and approvals, Canada-based Enbridge Energy will build a new section of pipeline and tunnel underneath the Great Lakes despite widespread Indigenous opposition. You may not have heard of Line 5, but over the next few
Sumatra Indigenous community displaced by Samsung palm oil unit await justice
The Talang Parit Indigenous community have witnessed their ability to sustain daily life become increasingly fraught since an oil palm plantation company, Inecda, began clearing their customary territory more than 25 years ago.The community faces water stress and blames difficulty in finding groundwater on the canals dug by the company to drain the landscape for
Indigenous ownership in Canadian energy is growing
Vancouver conference to showcase rising tide of Indigenous ownership in Canada’s economy Nearly 2,000 people are expected to gather at the Vancouver Convention Centre this June to learn about advancing Indigenous leadership in the Canadian economy. It’s the fourth year for the Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase (IPSS), an event organizers say has grown rapidly with
Indigenous Ryukyuans say it’s time for US military to leave Okinawa
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, and Native News Online. In April 2020, a barbecue held at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, a small Japanese island just east of Taiwan, accidentally triggered the release of 60,000 gallons
Indigenous concert in Vancouver cancelled over questions about performer’s identity claims
The Vancouver Park Board and Britannia Community Services Centre cancelled an event Sunday that had been advertised as part of an Indigenous concert series in Grandview Park. The cancellation came after community members raised concerns over whether the person booked to headline the show is actually Indigenous. In lieu of the concert, staff from Britannia
Indigenous tourism officials now predicting quicker recovery from pandemic
By By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.comWindspeaker.comWed., Jan. 12, 2022timer3 min. readA lengthy recovery from the pandemic, lasting perhaps as long as a decade, is no longer being predicted for the Indigenous tourism industry in Canada. Keith Henry, the president and CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC), had said this…
Seven Indigenous works from the NFB featured at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ award-winning Seen Through Woman Productions/NFB feature doc Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathypresented along with short documentary and animation.
Audiences across Canada will be able to share in powerful Indigenous storytelling, including seven National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced works, as the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (October 19–24) offers six days of online programming. September 13, 2021 – Toronto – National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Audiences across Canada…
Work of legendary Indigenous activist made into film now touring festivals
By By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.comWindspeaker.comWed., Sept. 29, 2021timer3 min. readA film about the Mohawk woman who fought for decades to challenge sex discrimination in the Indian Act, and whose work eventually led to its amendment under Bill C-31, will be part of the Edmonton International Film Festival. The film, titled Mary…