Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
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California to examine its Amazon oil ties after plea from Ecuador Indigenous leaders
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Amazonian communities in Peru rejoice as plan for oil drilling on ancestral land stalls
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In India, Indigenous women and their ‘dream maps’ seek to protect lands from climate change
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Trump reverses Biden’s Columbus Day proclamation
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Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry
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Let indigenous peoples lead just energy transition – Academia
A just and fair transition to a real net-zero future without any more carbon emissions should be…
How Canada’s Voters Turned on Justin Trudeau
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Canada’s new Cardinal: Church’s outreach must ‘start from the human heart’
Vatican News speaks to Canada’s newest Cardinal, Archbishop Frank Leo of Toronto, about the challenges facing the world…
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