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Canada's Conservatives consider Indigenous policies

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CANADA

The ruling upholds the right of parliament to pass laws on Indigenous issues and to incorporate Indigenous laws into federal law. The act in question is one of many passed over…

Mexican indigenous strategy will not reduce poverty

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MEXICO

The ineffectiveness of the government's strategy for helping the indigenous poor in either tackling inequality or raising them out of poverty.

COVID-19 will hit Brazil's indigenous groups hard

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BRAZIL

Brazil has a population of around 900,000 indigenous people, mostly living in remote regions of the Amazon forest. The scale of illegal activities in demarcated indigenous areas…

Canberra spends more to reduce Indigenous inequalities

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AUSTRALIA

The government admitted that earlier efforts to improve Indigenous livelihoods had been an “enormous failure”, with many goals set out in the Closing the Gap programme still…

Canada indigenous land debate will resume post-COVID

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CANADA

The deal matters for indigenous Canadians’ jurisdiction over land; the pipeline, in northern British Columbia, had provoked damaging economic blockades and political protests…

Pandemic will increase indigenous activism in Peru

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PERU

Under pressure from growing indigenous militancy, the government is taking belated steps to meet demands for better protection, including steps to stem the flow of extractive…

Discontent with AMLO to grow among indigenous Mexicans

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MEXICO

Government-indigenous relations.

Canada protests over Indian Residential Schools expand

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CANADA

The discovery of the bodies of hundreds of children at Canada’s former Indian Residential Schools has unleashed a wave of anger and mourning across Canada’s growing Indigenous…

Papal visit to Canada leaves mixed legacy

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CANADA

The visit, termed a ‘penitential pilgrimage’ by the Vatican, was designed to deliver an apology for the role of the Catholic Church in the residential school system intended to…

Australia Voice vote outcome creates Labor concerns

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AUSTRALIA

The poll exposed deep divisions along political lines that will frustrate attempts to achieve reconciliation with the country’s Indigenous population. By revitalising the Liberal…