For decades, tens of thousands of people have descended upon Albuquerque for what is billed as North America's largest powwow ...

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed annually on August 9 to raise awareness and promote the ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day advocates say the recognition helps correct a “whitewashed” American history that has glorified Europeans, such as Columbus, who have committed violence against Indigenous ...

Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ ...

Dunbar-Ortiz calls this “profit-based religion,” and it was what proved devastating for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas when those tactics were brought across the ocean.

Consultation. An international treaty, the International Labor Organization Convention 169 (1989), calls for governments to consult indigenous people about development projects on their lands.

State Democrats plan to make Indigenous People’s Day an official holiday in Virginia and will discuss the proposal in the ...

Monday is becoming increasingly known as Indigenous Peoples' Day, a commemoration of Native American history and culture. While the second Monday in October has historically been celebrated as ...

State Democrats plan to make Indigenous People’s Day an official holiday in Virginia and will discuss the proposal in the ...

What is Indigenous Peoples’ Day? Typically on the second Monday of October, Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the Indigenous communities that have lived in the Americas for thousands of years.

While indigenous peoples make up 8 percent of the population in the region, they represent approximately 14 percent of the poor and 17 percent of the extremely poor in Latin America. Also, they still ...

Their first recommendation was “to observe October 12, the day of so-called ‘discovery’ of America, as an International Day of Solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.” ...