Articles by Indigenous Affairs Fellow Lyric Aquino
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Canadian security forces arrest Wet’suwet’en protesters in clash over pipeline construction
“This harassment and intimidation is exactly the kind of violence designed to drive us from our homelands.”
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It’s been a place of worship for centuries. Now a copper mine threatens its future.
Resolution Copper is one court ruling away from destroying one of the Apaches’ holiest sites.
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![Jerrycans, used for storing water, shortly before being disbursed to displaced families by the non-government organization World Vision International in the Kaxareey IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) settlement on October 12, 2022 in Doolow, Somalia. UN figures show over 1.4 million Somalis were displaced by drought and conflict-related issues in 2022. (Photo by Giles Clarke/UNOCHA via Getty Images)]()
![Jerrycans, used for storing water, shortly before being disbursed to displaced families by the non-government organization World Vision International in the Kaxareey IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) settlement on October 12, 2022 in Doolow, Somalia. UN figures show over 1.4 million Somalis were displaced by drought and conflict-related issues in 2022. (Photo by Giles Clarke/UNOCHA via Getty Images)]()
Indigenous leaders demand a seat at international water negotiations
After decades of exclusion, communities most impacted by ongoing drought insist they be heard.
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Oscars goody bags contained ‘unseemly’ gift: certificates for Aboriginal land
Indigenous groups in Australia said they weren't consulted and called the conservation ploy a "money-making scheme."
