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Latin America and the Caribbean Indigenous Peoples Prepare for World Conference 13 Apr 2013 | 04:48 am
Guatemala City, Guatemala (UCTP Taino News) – Indigenous Peoples from throughout Latin American and Caribbean are meeting in Guatemala to discuss and organize regional perspectives on the upcoming Uni...
Canadian and US aboriginal groups vow to block oil pipelines 26 Mar 2013 | 03:36 pm
An alliance of Canadian and US aboriginal groups vowed on Wednesday to block three multibillion-dollar oil pipelines that are planned to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands, saying they are prepa...
Rio De Janeiro Police Force Indigenous People Out Of Museum Near World Cup Stadium 26 Mar 2013 | 03:05 pm
RIO DE JANEIRO — Pandemonium broke out in the shadow of Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium on Friday as riot police raided an old museum that authorities want razed ahead of the 2014 World Cup, but whe...
Accidental fall claims political activist 19 Mar 2013 | 12:23 am
CHASE, BC - His native name was Dacajeweiah, or Splitting the Sky, a name that John Boncore took to heart through a lifetime of political activism. A Chase resident, Boncore, 61, was found dead on Wed...
Greenland government falls as voters send warning to mining companies 18 Mar 2013 | 11:57 pm
GREENLAND - The race for resources in the frozen wastes of the Arctic has brought down its first national government, leaving foreign oil (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/oil) and mining (http:/...
Mineral riches at stake in Greenland vote 11 Mar 2013 | 03:15 pm
COPENHAGEN (AP) — Greenland's underground wealth is at the forefront of the Arctic island's parliamentary election on Tuesday amid worries over a potential influx of Chinese labor and the environmenta...
Police mercilessly beat several including woman, child in Marudi mountain 11 Mar 2013 | 02:34 pm
RUPUNUNI, GUYANA - Several policemen were Sunday in hot water in connection with the brutal beating of several persons including a woman and her young child on a trail to the gold bearing area of Maru...
Moccasins on the Ground to Protect Sacred Water 10 Mar 2013 | 03:49 pm
Lakota know we love Unci Maka. All of Unci Maka. Our ancestors were free, to follow the Star Nation Path (the Good Red Road), to roam, to hunt, to be happy, to have sacred water. Then one day, FAT TAK...
Environmental Racism is Rearing it's Ugly Head Once Again 10 Mar 2013 | 03:42 pm
Bemidji, MN: On Friday, March 1st, in an unexpected move, President Obama’s U.S. Department of State released its draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed Keystone XL ...
Local Boriken Taíno Leader, Jose Xuerix Guaynia Camacho Passes into Koaibei 10 Mar 2013 | 01:03 am
Boriken (UCTP Taino News) - Respected singer and Boriken (Puerto Rico) tribal community leader of “Tainos Ciba-Ro Turey,” Jose “Xuerix Guaynia” Camacho closed his eyes and passed on to Koaibei (the Sp...
