Photo: Mainor Ortiz Delgado's home, damaged by in December 2018 by the family of the shooter. Courtesy of Forest Peoples Programme By John McPhaul
Mainor Ortiz Delgado, a member of the Indigenous Bribri Tubolwak clan, was shot in the leg by a trespasser on February 9, 2020, on his farm in Rio Azul de Salitre in southwestern Costa Rica. This act of is part of an ongoing wave of violence spurring from the Costa Rican government’s failure to implement Indigenous land rights and bring sanctions on non-Indigenous settlers on Indigenous land.
On February 26-29, 2020, Indigenous women from across the American continent will come together in Mexico City for the 8th Continental Conference of Indigenous Women of the Americas. The Conference will be hosted by the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA), a network of organizations from 23 countries that has been fighting for more than two decades for the individual and collective rights of Indigenous women and children.
On Presidents Day 2020, we reflect on where Native Americans stand after three years of a Trump presidency. Since taking office, the current administration has rolled back policies that protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and has failed to respect and honor Tribal Nations and their sovereignty.
By Tristan Suarez
By Kiara Maher
In January 2020, Indigenous Sami in Sweden won a major victory by overturning an almost three decades long policy that restricted their hunting and fishing rights.
February 13 is the annual celebration of World Radio Day as proclaimed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
A United Coalition of Native American Leaders, Activists, Scientists and Organizations Release the Following Joint Statement.[1]
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.