AFN National Chief Prioritizes Unity After Failed Child-Welfare Deal
After First Nations chiefs rejected a \$47.8-billion federal offer to reform Indigenous child-welfare systems in October, 2023, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is working to unite the organization and ensure the rollout of a separate \$23-billion compensation package...
AFN National Chief Prioritizes Unity After Failed Child-Welfare Deal
After First Nations chiefs rejected a \$47.8-billion federal offer to reform Indigenous child-welfare systems in October, 2023, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is working to unite the organization and ensure the rollout of a separate \$23-billion compensation package...
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36% Bias Score
Queensland Government Rejects Native Title Claim Over Great Keppel Island
The Queensland LNP government will oppose the Woppaburra people's Native Title claim over the former resort site on Great Keppel Island, prioritizing its redevelopment plans and citing a previous ruling that extinguished native title in that area, despite the Woppaburra people's 2021 native title re...
Queensland Government Rejects Native Title Claim Over Great Keppel Island
The Queensland LNP government will oppose the Woppaburra people's Native Title claim over the former resort site on Great Keppel Island, prioritizing its redevelopment plans and citing a previous ruling that extinguished native title in that area, despite the Woppaburra people's 2021 native title re...
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52% Bias Score
Record Amazon Wildfires and Drought in 2024
The 2024 Amazon rainforest experienced its worst wildfire year since 2005, fueled by drought and exacerbated by deforestation linked to illegal land clearing; however, Brazil and Colombia saw decreased deforestation rates, and COP16 granted Indigenous communities increased conservation authority.
Record Amazon Wildfires and Drought in 2024
The 2024 Amazon rainforest experienced its worst wildfire year since 2005, fueled by drought and exacerbated by deforestation linked to illegal land clearing; however, Brazil and Colombia saw decreased deforestation rates, and COP16 granted Indigenous communities increased conservation authority.
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40% Bias Score
Bolivian Cholitas: Athleticism, Empowerment, and the Pursuit of Everest
Bolivian cholita women, primarily of Aymara and Quechua descent, are making significant strides in sports, particularly wrestling and mountaineering, challenging gender stereotypes and inspiring others through their athletic achievements and cultural pride.
Bolivian Cholitas: Athleticism, Empowerment, and the Pursuit of Everest
Bolivian cholita women, primarily of Aymara and Quechua descent, are making significant strides in sports, particularly wrestling and mountaineering, challenging gender stereotypes and inspiring others through their athletic achievements and cultural pride.
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20% Bias Score
Moken Sea Nomads Abandon Traditional Lifestyle Due to Governmental Policies and Environmental Changes
The Moken, indigenous sea nomads of Thailand and Myanmar, are abandoning their traditional boat-based lifestyle due to stricter border controls, lack of wood for boat building, the 2004 tsunami, and the establishment of national parks restricting access to resources; this threatens their cultural he...
Moken Sea Nomads Abandon Traditional Lifestyle Due to Governmental Policies and Environmental Changes
The Moken, indigenous sea nomads of Thailand and Myanmar, are abandoning their traditional boat-based lifestyle due to stricter border controls, lack of wood for boat building, the 2004 tsunami, and the establishment of national parks restricting access to resources; this threatens their cultural he...
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44% Bias Score
Colombia Ordered to Restitute U'wa Indigenous Lands
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Colombia violated the U'wa indigenous people's rights, ordering the cancellation of all mining and oil titles in their ancestral territory and the restitution of their lands within three years, marking a landmark decision for indigenous rights in C...
Colombia Ordered to Restitute U'wa Indigenous Lands
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Colombia violated the U'wa indigenous people's rights, ordering the cancellation of all mining and oil titles in their ancestral territory and the restitution of their lands within three years, marking a landmark decision for indigenous rights in C...
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32% Bias Score
Over 850 Children Recruited by Armed Groups in Colombia's Cauca Region
In Colombia's Cauca region, over 850 children have been recruited by armed groups since 2020, many lured by promises of material goods or medical care, due to the lack of economic opportunities and the resurgence of violence after a 2016 peace deal. This action is weakening the community and threate...
Over 850 Children Recruited by Armed Groups in Colombia's Cauca Region
In Colombia's Cauca region, over 850 children have been recruited by armed groups since 2020, many lured by promises of material goods or medical care, due to the lack of economic opportunities and the resurgence of violence after a 2016 peace deal. This action is weakening the community and threate...
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32% Bias Score
2024 Amazon Crisis: Record Wildfires and Drought Despite Some Conservation Gains
The Amazon rainforest faced its worst year for fires since 2005 in 2024, driven by drought and deforestation, impacting biodiversity and climate regulation; however, some progress was made with reduced deforestation in Brazil and Colombia, and an agreement at COP16 to increase Indigenous involvement...
2024 Amazon Crisis: Record Wildfires and Drought Despite Some Conservation Gains
The Amazon rainforest faced its worst year for fires since 2005 in 2024, driven by drought and deforestation, impacting biodiversity and climate regulation; however, some progress was made with reduced deforestation in Brazil and Colombia, and an agreement at COP16 to increase Indigenous involvement...
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48% Bias Score
Mass Arrests and Harsh Sentences Follow Protests in Bashkortostan
In early 2024, massive protests erupted in Baymak, Bashkortostan, Russia, over the imprisonment of Indigenous activist Fayil Alsynov, resulting in over 70 arrests and a major political trial with harsh sentences, exposing the Kremlin's suppression of dissent and severe human rights violations.
Mass Arrests and Harsh Sentences Follow Protests in Bashkortostan
In early 2024, massive protests erupted in Baymak, Bashkortostan, Russia, over the imprisonment of Indigenous activist Fayil Alsynov, resulting in over 70 arrests and a major political trial with harsh sentences, exposing the Kremlin's suppression of dissent and severe human rights violations.
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40% Bias Score
First Nation Challenges Canadian Nuclear Waste Site Selection
Eagle Lake First Nation is challenging the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization's decision to build a nuclear waste repository near its territory in northern Ontario, alleging it was unfairly excluded from the process and denied its right to consent, despite the organization's assertion th...
First Nation Challenges Canadian Nuclear Waste Site Selection
Eagle Lake First Nation is challenging the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization's decision to build a nuclear waste repository near its territory in northern Ontario, alleging it was unfairly excluded from the process and denied its right to consent, despite the organization's assertion th...
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32% Bias Score
Hopi Tribe Receives 31 Square Miles of Arizona Land in Historic Settlement
Federal and Arizona officials finalized a decades-long agreement transferring over 31 square miles of state land to the Hopi Tribe for nearly $4 million, aiming to consolidate tribal landholdings and resolve historical ownership complexities in northeastern Arizona.
Hopi Tribe Receives 31 Square Miles of Arizona Land in Historic Settlement
Federal and Arizona officials finalized a decades-long agreement transferring over 31 square miles of state land to the Hopi Tribe for nearly $4 million, aiming to consolidate tribal landholdings and resolve historical ownership complexities in northeastern Arizona.
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40% Bias Score
San José Galleon: A Legal Battle Over Looted Gold
The Spanish galleon San José, sunk in Colombian waters in 1708, containing gold looted from indigenous groups, is at the center of a legal battle involving Sea Search Armada, indigenous communities, Spain, and Colombia, raising complex issues of ownership and cultural heritage.
San José Galleon: A Legal Battle Over Looted Gold
The Spanish galleon San José, sunk in Colombian waters in 1708, containing gold looted from indigenous groups, is at the center of a legal battle involving Sea Search Armada, indigenous communities, Spain, and Colombia, raising complex issues of ownership and cultural heritage.
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48% Bias Score