The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/news/indigenous-land)
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Ecuador violated the rights of uncontacted Indigenous peoples by permitting oil drilling in their territories. The ruling reinforces Indigenous sovereignty, mandates environmental protections, and sets a legal precedent for Indigenous rights.
TWH commemorates Trans Day of Remembrance, 2024, acknowledging the disproportionate violence against the trans community.
Brazil’s battle over the land rights of Indigenous communities also exposes how Christian evangelical movements are undermining religious freedom and eroding Indigenous culture
A cloak of thousands of scarlet ibis feathers, sacred to the Indigenous Tupinambá people of Brazil, has been in Danish hands since the 1600s. Now it has finally been returned to Brazil in the midst of an ongoing dispute over Indigenous rights in the country.
In Peru’s Virú Valley, the remains of pre-Incan water cult may rewrite human history in the region while also highlighting the critical importance of water for our survival and the urgent need for preservation efforts to protect invaluable cultural heritage.
Archaeologists explored a colossal rock in the Colombian Amazon with 3,200 ochre paintings, revealing ancient mythology and intricate human-nature relationships.
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