Showing posts with label Indigenous peoples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indigenous peoples. Show all posts

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Canadian tribunal rejects indigenous compensation deal

Canadian tribunal rejects indigenous compensation deal

A human rights tribunal has rejected a historic $40 billion (€30.11 billion) agreement to reform Canada's discriminatory child welfare system and compensate Indigenous families who suffered because of it.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Native Americans Fear Loss Of Indigenous Languages In US

Columbus Day

As Native Americans this week celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day -- the holiday increasingly recognized in the United States in lieu of "Columbus Day" -- members of the continent's hundreds of tribes shared a common concern: the ongoing extinction of their ancestral languages.

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Pope's apology for abuses at Catholic residential schools, in Canada, not enough

The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn't go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation over the fraught history is still very much a work in progress. [FRANCE 24 English]

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Thousands of Children Likely Died at US Indigenous Boarding Schools, Report Says - Tasnim News Agency

53 separate burial sites at federal Native American boarding schools across the US

An investigation found hundreds of children died in at least 53 separate burial sites at federal Native American boarding schools across the US, as the number is expected to rise to tens of thousands.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Καναδάς : Περισσότεροι από 50 τάφοι βρέθηκαν στην περιοχή δύο πρώην σχολείων για παιδιά ιθαγενών

 

Η Keeseekoose, μια ιθαγενής κοινότητα στον Καναδά, ανακοίνωσε την ανακάλυψη 54 πιθανών τάφων χωρίς σήμα που βρίσκονται στο έδαφος δύο πρώην οικιστικών σχολείων για παιδιά των Γηγενών Πρώτων Εθνών (Αυτόχθονες πληθυσμοί).

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 Keeseekoose, una comunidad indígena de Canadá, anunció el hallazgo de 54 potenciales tumbas sin identificar ubicadas en los predios de dos antiguas escuelas residenciales para los niños pertenecientes a las Naciones Originarias

 

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Canada agrees to ‘historic reparations’ for 200,000 indigenous children — RT World News

first nations children canada

The Canadian government has reached a “milestone” $31-billion settlement to compensate indigenous children and families harmed by the “discriminatory underfunding” of the child welfare system on First Nations reservations.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

International Watchdog Urges Brazil to Reject Anti-Indigenous Bill on Lands - Sputnik International

International Watchdog Urges Brazil to Reject Anti-Indigenous Bill on Lands


(Sputnik) - Human Rights Watch has called on Brazil to vote down a bill on land appropriation that would hinder indigenous peoples from claiming their right to ancestral lands as hundreds of indigenous protesters camp on President Jair Bolsonaro's doorstep.