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Ecuador vows to end Indigenous protests by Wednesday kchcomunicacion.com/2025/10/14/e...

Ecuador vows to end Indigenous protests by Wednesday - KCH FM

Ecuador’s government said ongoing Indigenous protests will be brought to an end by Wednesday, following a security operation in the northern province of Imbabura. “The strike must end today. We hope i...

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 10h

The Esto’k Gna Fight to Protect Sacred Lands from SpaceX Expansion icmagazine.org/the-estok-gn...

The Esto’k Gna Fight to Protect Sacred Lands from SpaceX Expansion – Intercontinental Cry

On the southernmost edge of Texas, where the Rio Grande meets the Gulf, the Esto’k Gna Tribal Nation — also known as the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas — stil

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 11h

A deep conection between Panama's Emberá people and NASA’s first crewed missions to the Moon www.usatoday.com/story/studio...

A deep conection between Panama's Emberá people and NASA’s first crewed missions to the Moon

The astronauts of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo formed a surprising connection between Panama’s Indigenous Emberá people who taught them jungle survival.

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Philippines : Indigenous Benguet communities barricade against mining firm to defend ancestral land tribune.net.ph/2025/10/13/i...

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 1d

Chile’s Indigenous Rapa Nui Want Their Stolen Moai Back.
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Chile’s Indigenous Rapa Nui Wants Its Stolen Moai Back

Rapa Nui natives are demanding the return of Hoa Hakananai'a, a venerated statue taken by the British from their island in 1868.

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

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Khoi-San continue their push for official recognition

Members of the Khoi-San community in Gqeberha held a march on Friday as part of ongoing efforts for official recognition of their indigenous languages and their claim as the “rightful owners” of South...

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First Nations Push Back Against Canada’s Nuclear Waste Plans, Citing Generations of Risk icmagazine.org/first-nation...

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

"What happens in places like Chalk River or Revell Lake will not only determine where Canada stores its waste—it will signal whether the country's willing to confront its own inequities, or whether those inequities will simply be buried deep alongside its own nuclear waste."

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

First Nations Push Back Against Canada’s Nuclear Waste Plans, Citing Generations of Risk icmagazine.org/first-nation...

First Nations Push Back Against Canada’s Nuclear Waste Plans, Citing Generations of Risk – Intercontinental Cry

First Nations across Canada are mounting coordinated legal, political and grassroots campaigns to block the siting, transport and burial of radioactive waste —

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

New report finds United Kingdom complicit in 'ecocide' throughout West Papua nit.com.au/11-09-2025/2...

New report finds United Kingdom complicit in 'ecocide' throughout West Papua

A new report about British involvement in occupied West Papua was tabled on Tuesday in the UK parliament.West Papua activists say the report, 'Bringing it All Back Home: the role of British companies ...

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

New road in Peruvian Amazon sparks fear of invasion among Indigenous Shawi icmagazine.org/new-road-in-...

New road in Peruvian Amazon sparks fear of invasion among Indigenous Shawi – Intercontinental Cry

Peru’s Indigenous Shawi peoples continue to contest a plan to build a highway through their territory in the country’s Amazonian region, citing fears about losing their land — even as local authoritie...

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

Malaysia: FPIC must be written into law to make a real difference theedgemalaysia.com/node/772381

Community: FPIC must be written into law to make a real difference

Nearly 100 households in Kampung Sena, Mukim Bebar, Pekan, are facing eviction following legal proceedings that claimed that the villagers have been occupying and building structures on the agricultur...

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Forest Peoples Programme @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social · 4d

Two protected areas in Peru have dispossessed the Kichwa people of their ancestral territories in the Peruvian Amazon.

This briefing looks at their struggle to demand restitution, reparations and benefits, and defend their rights.

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From dispossession to territorial self-demarcation: the case of the Kichwa people and protected areas in the San Martin region of the Peruvian Amazon

Article- Forest Peoples Programme - Working with forest peoples to secure their rights

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

Christopher Columbus isn’t an American hero and neither is Trump icmagazine.org/christopher-...

Christopher Columbus isn’t an American hero and neither is Trump – Intercontinental Cry

Early Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation praising Christopher Columbus as a “true American hero” and a “giant of Western civilization.” But

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 5d

More than 100 Indigenous leaders from across the world are gathering at the global Indigenous peoples’ summit at the IUCN World Conservation Congress that begins Oct. 8.

The summit aims to set conservation priorities and commitments, highlighting Indigenous peoples’ effective participation.

Indigenous leaders gather at the IUCN Indigenous Peoples and Nature summit

More than 100 Indigenous leaders from across the world are gathering at the global Indigenous peoples’ summit at the IUCN World Conservation Congress that begins Oct. 8 in Abu Dhabi. The summit aims…

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IC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

40 Alaska Tribes Challenge Federal Approval of Ambler Mining Road icmagazine.org/40-alaska-tr...

40 Alaska Tribes Challenge Federal Approval of Ambler Mining Road – Intercontinental Cry

The Trump administration has given final approval to a controversial road project through Alaska’s Brooks Range that promises to connect the Ambler mining distr

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 6d

In Alaska’s wild north, over 40 Tribes are rising to protect their homelands from the Ambler Road, a 211-mile mining route that threatens caribou, salmon, and the lifeways of Alaska Native communities.

#DefendTheSacred #NoToAmblerRoad #IndigenousRights
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