Dec 06 Watch 5:49 Alcoholism and recovery: stories from Canada’s Yellowknife By Devin Hinchey NewsHour Weekend has been bringing you personal stories from members of Indigenous communities in Canada’s Northwest Territory of Yellowknife--this week, we hear from Devin Hinchey, who is Métis, or of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry, as he shares his journey… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch 4:34 Family, sobriety and parenting: an indigenous woman tells her story By Louise Beaulieu We continue our series, ‘Turning Points’: stories produced, directed and told by indigenous people from Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, part of an empowerment journalism project in partnership with the Global Reporting Center. Tonight, we hear from Louise Beaulieu, who… Continue watching
Nov 14 Indigenous Canadian filmmakers confront alcoholism, other issues in community By Chief Ernest Betsina Alcohol abuse is a serious public health issue in indigenous communities in the Canadian arctic, but it’s a difficult topic to address. For the next several weeks, we’ll bring you the stories from Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories — stories… Continue reading
Sep 16 Indigenous group patrols Amazon forest to expel illegal loggers By Eraldo Peres, Associated Press Increasing encroachment by illegal loggers and miners on Tembé territory and lax enforcement during President Jair Bolsonaro's administration has prompted their villages to take matters into their own hands. Continue reading
Aug 31 Brazil Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire tests positive for coronavirus By Associated Press Chief Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon forest in Brazil, has been hospitalized with symptoms of pneumonia and tested positive for the new coronavirus. Continue reading
Aug 12 Tribe says new border wall harming burial sites; sues Trump By Julie Watson, Associated Press A California tribe whose ancestral lands span across the U.S.-Mexico border is suing the Trump administration to block construction of a section of border wall that the Kumeyaay people say is desecrating sacred burial sites. Continue reading
Aug 05 Top court rules Brazil must protect Indigenous peoples in pandemic By Débora Álvares, Associated Press The top court's justices voted unanimously that the government must install health checkpoints for isolated Indigenous villages plus draft and implement a plan to remove outsiders now within protected areas illegally. Continue reading
Aug 05 Mississippi’s only federally recognized Native American tribe bears brunt of state’s outbreak By Leah Willingham, Associated Press COVID-19 has ripped through Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian families. Almost 10% of the tribe’s roughly 11,000 members have tested positive for the virus. More than 75 have died. Continue reading
Jul 17 Remote region of Brazil’s Amazon experiences first deaths by coronavirus By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press The first deaths from COVID-19 have come to a vast, remote region of the Amazon that Brazil’s government says is home to greatest concentration of isolated Indigenous groups in the world. Continue reading
May 13 How COVID-19 is impacting indigenous peoples in the U.S. By Randall Akee, EconoFact Some Native American populations are facing disproportionately high COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. Understanding how the disease is affecting these communities is important to mitigating the damage. Continue reading