Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: indigenous peoples

indigenous peoples stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Two people were killed today in the latest attack near a US-owned gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province, the AP reports. At least 12 people have been killed or wounded in ambushes near the mine in recent weeks. Authorities blame separatist rebels, who have been waging an insurgency in the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Indonesia • mine • Freeport McMoRan • gold mine • Papua • indigenous peoples • West Papua

Amazon Indians Win Repeal of Land Grab Laws

Decision hailed as major victory for indigenous people

Jun 19, 09 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Peru's Congress has revoked two laws that led to bloody clashes between police and indigenous protesters, CNN reports. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of ditching the laws that opened up the country's Amazon region to mining, logging, and oil companies. Dozens of people died earlier this month when police moved... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Latin America • mining • Peru • logging • oil companies • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples • land rights

 Photos Reveal 
 'Amazon Tiananmen' 

Photos from Peru add weight to claims government covered up massacre

Jun 19, 09 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Graphic photographs taken by aid workers reveal the extent of violence Peru's military used to crush a land-rights protest by indigenous people earlier this month, the Independent reports. Police are seen pulling injured protesters from ambulances and beating them and bodies are seen piled by the roadside, adding weight to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Peru • protests • protesters • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples

Five Found Guilty in Maori Exorcism Death

Mentally ill woman was drowned in attempt to purge her of evil spirits

Jun 13, 09 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five people who drowned their niece in an attempt to rid her of evil spirits have been found guilty of manslaughter by a New Zealand court, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The 22-year-old woman, who prosecutors said was mentally ill, died after the group poured water over her face for... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New Zealand • ritual • witches • indigenous peoples • Maori

Nervous Peace Prevails After Peru Cops Quell Unrest

Curfew in place after clashes kill dozens of indigenous people, police

Jun 9, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - An uneasy peace has returned to northeast Peru after 3 days of clashes between indigenous people and security forces that left dozens dead, CNN reports. A curfew is holding, and both police and protesters say they want to settle their dispute through nonviolent means. The leader of the indigenous rights... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Peru • protests • Lima • curfew • Guatemala • Alan Garcia • protesters • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples • Alberto Pizango

Trial Begins in Maori Exorcism Death

Woman drowned during ritual to rid her of evil spirits

May 5, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine Maoris accused of killing a mother of two during a botched exorcism have gone on trial in New Zealand, the Daily Telegraph reports. The six women and three men have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the death of the 22-year-old woman who drowned when the accused restrained her... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New Zealand • witches • indigenous peoples • Maori • Janet Moses

(Newser) - Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his hunger strike today after the country’s legislature agreed to pass a law further enfranchising his native constituency, Bloomberg reports. The bill passed after Morales reduced his demand for new indigenous voting districts from 14 to seven. “The Bolivian people will never forget... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bolivia • legislature • Evo Morales • redistricting • hunger strike • indigenous peoples • natives

Bolivian Prez on Hunger Strike Over Voting Law

Indigenous groups would gain—as would Morales, foes say

Apr 10, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bolivia’s president has vowed not to eat until the country’s senate passes a law some say would boost his reelection chances, the BBC reports. “Faced with the negligence of a group of neoliberal lawmakers, we have to take this step,” Evo Morales declared. The opposition is... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bolivia • Evo Morales • hunger strike • indigenous peoples

FARC Tortures, Kills 17 Native Colombians

Paramilitary swooped into village, kidnapping pacifist tribesmen

Feb 12, 09 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Colombian paramilitary that held Ingrid Betancourt hostage tortured and killed 17 indigenous people who they believed were aiding the government, human rights groups say. CNN reports that FARC members swept into a remote village in southwest Colombia and kidnapped the pacifist Awa Indians, including two minors. One young man... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Latin America • torture • Colombia • FARC • Colombian rebels • indigenous peoples

Aussie 'Tough Love' Upends Aboriginal Society

Government push to stop alcoholism, violence erodes power of tribal elders

Jan 17, 09 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Australia's controversial "tough love" program is toppling the Aborigines' traditional social structure, the Wall Street Journal reports. The government's effort to tackle rampant violence, child abuse, and alcoholism among Aborigines by banning alcohol sales and supplying welfare payments in credit for food and other essentials instead of cash has... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Australia • Aborigines • Northern Territory • Australian Labor Party • indigenous peoples

 First Contact With Amazon Tribe 

Warriors aim arrows at aircraft

May 30, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the last remaining Amazon tribal communities yet to have contact with the outside world has been photographed from the air, reports the BBC. The photos show startled, red-painted tribesmen aiming arrows at the aircraft overhead. Members live in thatched huts near Brazil's remote Peruvian border. More than half... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Brazil • Peru • tribes • Amazon rainforest • Survival International • indigenous peoples • Stephen Corry

11 Stories


from our news partners