Indigenous People

Biomechanics research has revealed the exceptional power and precision of Indigenous Australian weapons, specifically the kodj and leangle. These tools, designed by Aboriginal people for hunting and protection, display remarkable force and accuracy that underscore the sophistication of traditional Aboriginal technology.

Around A.D. 1000, Vikings explored North America, setting up a temporary outpost. However, they did not establish colonies due to conflicts with Indigenous peoples and harsh environmental conditions. Scholars suggest the Norse focused more on their Greenland colony than on permanent settlements. Geographic challenges and a lack of strong interest i...

The Tripura Chakma Students' Association (TCSA) on Saturday took out a rally in Agartala in protest against atrocities and killings of indigenous people in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) by its army.

World Tribal Day 2024: This International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2024 is focusing on 'Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact'.

As the world observes International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Adivasi communities in Hasdeo, Singrauli, Talabira, Gare Pelma, Chhindwara, and elsewhere are resisting the takeover of their jal, jangal, and zameen.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday said illegal immigration is a grave threat to the state's indigenous people and asserted that those who entered after 1961 should be deported with the central government's help.

A civil society group of the Kuki tribes in Manipur has asked the Assam Rifles and the police for help after unknown armed people broke into the house of one of its key members and attacked his family in the hill district Churachandpur.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asserted that Bengali-speaking Muslims must forsake practices like child marriage and polygamy to be considered 'khilonjiya' indigenous people of the state.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday appealed to the Assamese people not to sell their land to any "suspected foreigner" in order to safeguard the culture and identity of the indigenous population.

There are about 984,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, representing 3.8 percent of the population. Some of their ancestors have lived on the continent for more than 60,000 years.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny are among favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples or the environment could well steal the stage.

Every year August 9 is observed as International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. The day aims to raise awareness regarding the needs of indigenous population groups.

Victor Hugo Sosa, mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town of Indigenous Chontal people in the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico, took as his betrothed a reptile named Alicia Adriana, re-enacting an ancestral ritual.

Te Papa national museum's repatriation programme manager said the programme has retrieved the remains of nearly 900 Indigenous people, and estimates the remains of between 300 to 400 more are still housed in institutions around the world.

When she was a girl in South Africa's Northern Cape, Katrina Esau stopped speaking her mother tongue, N|uu, after being mocked by other people and told it was an "ugly language".

Biomechanics research has revealed the exceptional power and precision of Indigenous Australian weapons, specifically the kodj and leangle. These tools, designed by Aboriginal people for hunting and protection, display remarkable force and accuracy that underscore the sophistication of traditional Aboriginal technology.

Around A.D. 1000, Vikings explored North America, setting up a temporary outpost. However, they did not establish colonies due to conflicts with Indigenous peoples and harsh environmental conditions. Scholars suggest the Norse focused more on their Greenland colony than on permanent settlements. Geographic challenges and a lack of strong interest i...

The Tripura Chakma Students' Association (TCSA) on Saturday took out a rally in Agartala in protest against atrocities and killings of indigenous people in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) by its army.

World Tribal Day 2024: This International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2024 is focusing on 'Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact'.

As the world observes International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Adivasi communities in Hasdeo, Singrauli, Talabira, Gare Pelma, Chhindwara, and elsewhere are resisting the takeover of their jal, jangal, and zameen.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday said illegal immigration is a grave threat to the state's indigenous people and asserted that those who entered after 1961 should be deported with the central government's help.

A civil society group of the Kuki tribes in Manipur has asked the Assam Rifles and the police for help after unknown armed people broke into the house of one of its key members and attacked his family in the hill district Churachandpur.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asserted that Bengali-speaking Muslims must forsake practices like child marriage and polygamy to be considered 'khilonjiya' indigenous people of the state.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday appealed to the Assamese people not to sell their land to any "suspected foreigner" in order to safeguard the culture and identity of the indigenous population.

There are about 984,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, representing 3.8 percent of the population. Some of their ancestors have lived on the continent for more than 60,000 years.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny are among favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples or the environment could well steal the stage.

Every year August 9 is observed as International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. The day aims to raise awareness regarding the needs of indigenous population groups.

Victor Hugo Sosa, mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town of Indigenous Chontal people in the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico, took as his betrothed a reptile named Alicia Adriana, re-enacting an ancestral ritual.

Te Papa national museum's repatriation programme manager said the programme has retrieved the remains of nearly 900 Indigenous people, and estimates the remains of between 300 to 400 more are still housed in institutions around the world.

When she was a girl in South Africa's Northern Cape, Katrina Esau stopped speaking her mother tongue, N|uu, after being mocked by other people and told it was an "ugly language".