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'Millennial Scoop' - New generations bring new fight over Canada’s child-welfare system
Cheyenne Stonechild, Muscowpetung First Nation, was eight years old when she was...
Miles Morrisseau 10 Nov 2026
Housing Strategy sets direction for Yued Aboriginal Corporation
Yued Aboriginal Corporation has finalised and announced its Housing Strategy, wh...
Giovanni Torre 10 Nov 2026
Fijian Prime Minister under pressure ahead of vote on constitutional change
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has given into sustained public pressure,...
Andrew Mathieson 5 Nov 2026
What are they hiding? Advocates condemn refusal to allow UN scrutiny of youth prisons
The Northern Territory and Queensland governments' refusal to meet United Nation...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Nov 2026
Employers urged to strengthen Reconciliation Action Plans to tackle workplace racism
Employers are being urged to strengthen their Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs)...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Nov 2026
By the numbers: An historic year for Indigenous candidates in the USA

Tuesday's general election in the United States will have the highest number of Indigenous candidates ever, according to a database by ICT and Advance Native Political Leadership.

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Pauly Denetclaw Nov 3, 2026
Indigenous women playing key role in US midterm elections

This is the first time Gwen Leaffe Carr, who is a longtime Democratic political consultant, has seen so many Indigenous women be major party nominees for high profile offices.

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Pauly Denetclaw Nov 2, 2026
Elected First Peoples body launches accountability framework as Treaty future hangs in balance

The under-threat Treaty framework, facing the axe if the Coalition wins next month's Victorian election, has launched a formal mechanism to ensure its elected members remain accountable to Victoria's...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 31, 2026
Victorian state election: what’s at stake for Treaty and Indigenous self‑determination?

Victoria has made more progress in advancing Indigenous rights than any other jurisdiction in Australia. However, those achievements sit precariously as the state heads to an election on November 28.

Indigenous Business Australia study finds a generation building wealth, and plans to reach it earlier

Indigenous Business Australia will explore new economic empowerment initiatives for First Nations people aged 18 to 30 after its latest impact report found a generation already buying homes, starting...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Oct 29, 2026
For Indigenous peoples in Brazil, the election results offer a reprieve — not a resolution

Lula's reelection kept an ally in the presidency, but a rightward shift in Congress leaves Indigenous leaders facing more battles. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's re-election as president of Brazil...

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Joseph Lee Oct 29, 2026
Botswana honours 97-year-old who fought eviction of Indigenous people in Kalahari

Roy Sesana, a 97-year-old Indigenous rights campaigner who opposed the Botswana government over the removal of San communities from their traditional lands in Central Kalahari, has received an honorar...

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David Akana Oct 28, 2026
National hate crime database could help tackle racism; consistent data lacking

A national database of hate crimes will help law enforcement paint a more accurate picture of hate crimes perpetrated against First Peoples. The comments from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to a...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 28, 2026
Will Yup'ik candidate Mary Peltola make history? Alaska race tightens for US Senate

Former congresswoman Mary Peltola faces incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan in a race that could put the first Native woman ever in the upper chamber of the US Congress.

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Charles Fox Oct 27, 2026
Ngarrindjeri women’s resistance takes centre stage in 'Kumarangk: Sisterhood'

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains names of people who have died. The stories of Ngarrindjeri women who resisted construction of the Hindmarsh Island bridge...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 27, 2026
Canadian-backed potash mine in Brazil has dried up sacred Amazon springs, residents say

The construction of an access road for a potash mining project in Autazes, in Brazil's Amazonas state, has caused at least two sacred springs to dry up, according to the Indigenous Mura people.

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Aimee Gabay Oct 27, 2026
Dispute denies Japan's only Indigenous people a return to ancestral lands

Russia's geopolitical commemorations on claims to a former Indigenous Japanese territory have inflamed tensions amid an ongoing dispute over four disputed archipelagic islands.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Oct 23, 2026
Desart People’s Choice Award announced at 2026 Vincent Lingiari Art Award

Presented by Desart and the Central Land Council, the fourth iteration of the Vincent Lingiari Art Award has concluded on a record-breaking note.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Oct 22, 2026
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