In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we explore a range of stories, including parks and places being renamed to their original Indigenous names, California removing Indigenous slurs from place names, Circle Sanctuary participating in Wreaths Across America, Animist Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen delivers a TED Talk, Nexion releases new music, and more news.
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Supernatural figures highlight the spiritual complexity of the Amazon
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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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Pagan Community Notes: Week of July 18, 2024
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Chaac-Poseidon controversy, “satanic” reproductive rights statue beheaded, Lilith Dorsey announces major project, new Circle Sanctuary conference, and more news and events.
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Proposed Brazilian Law undermines Indigenous Rights: “the consequence could be their annihilation”
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Three years ago, Brazil’s Supreme Court overturned arguments prohibiting Indigenous land claims from before 1988, but a new proposed constitutional amendment threatens these rights by imposing a timeline limit, sparking widespread opposition from Indigenous communities and their advocates.
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Landmark Treaty to protect Traditional and Indigenous knowledge
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The 193 member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization agreed to a groundbreaking new treaty requiring patents to disclose if an invention was derived using Indigenous and traditional knowledge.
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Tratado histórico para proteger el conocimiento tradicional e indígena
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Los 193 estados miembros de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual acordaron un nuevo tratado innovador que exige que las patentes revelen si una invención se obtuvo utilizando conocimientos indígenas y tradicionales.