Tag #Indigenous Rights

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Australian Court Dismisses Torres Strait Islanders' Climate Change Lawsuit

An Australian court dismissed a climate change lawsuit filed by Torres Strait Island elders against the government, ruling that climate policy is a parliamentary matter and that the government has no duty of care to protect against climate change impacts; sea levels in the Torres Strait have risen 6...

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Bald Eagle Officially Becomes US National Bird, Honoring Indigenous Significance

The United States officially designated the bald eagle as its national bird in December, recognizing its central role in Native American spiritual life and celebrating the bird's cultural significance, especially within Minnesota's Indigenous communities, who hold the eagle sacred and often gift its...

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Father and Son Sue Anglican Church for Residential School Abuse's Intergenerational Trauma

A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son's conception resulted from the father's sexual abuse at St. Michael's Indian Residential School in the 1960s; the lawsuit seeks damages for the son's loss of Indigenous identity and benefits.

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Coroner Finds Police Officer Racist in Kumanjayi Walker Death

A coronial inquest found Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe, who shot and killed Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu in November 2019, was racist and worked in an institutionally racist organisation; the coroner found Walker's death avoidable.

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Coronial Inquiry Finds Racism in Fatal Shooting of Indigenous Teenager

A coronial inquiry found Australian police officer Zachary Rolfe, who fatally shot Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu, Australia, in 2019, to be racist, and that racism was normalized in his police station; Rolfe was acquitted of murder in 2022 but dismissed from the force in 2023.

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Coroner finds police officer racist in Kumanjayi Walker death

A coroner's inquest found that Constable Zachary Rolfe, who shot and killed 19-year-old Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu, NT, in 2019, was racist and had an attraction to high-risk policing; the inquest made 32 recommendations for police reform.

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UNESCO recognizes Wixárika pilgrimage route as World Heritage site

The 500km Wixárika pilgrimage route across five Mexican states, vital to their culture and featuring the sacred peyote plant, has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, marking the first time a living indigenous tradition receives this recognition.

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Carmichael Coal Mine: Indigenous Protest, Water Contamination, and Legal Battle in Queensland

For over four years, a protest fire has burned near the controversial Carmichael coal mine in central Queensland, Australia, highlighting a conflict between the Wangan and Jagalingou people and Bravus (formerly Adani) over the mine's impact on their sacred water source, Doongmabulla Springs, where h...

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UNESCO Lists Ancient Aboriginal Site Amid Environmental Concerns

UNESCO added Murujuga, a remote Aboriginal site in Western Australia with one million carvings potentially dating back 50,000 years, to its World Heritage list on Friday, despite concerns about damage from nearby industrial emissions; Indigenous groups celebrated the decision, demanding stricter env...

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Life on Land
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Coroner Finds Police Officer Racist in Walker Death Inquest

Constable Zachary Rolfe, acquitted of murdering Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, was found by a coroner to be racist; while the coroner couldn't definitively prove racism caused the death, the possibility cannot be excluded, revealing systemic issues within the NT Police.

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Coroner Finds Racism May Have Contributed to Kumanjayi Walker's Death

A coronial inquest into the 2019 death of Kumanjayi Walker, shot by NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe in Yuendumu, found that Rolfe's racist views may have contributed to the shooting; the inquest also criticized failures in medical care and made 32 recommendations for police reform.

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Yoorrook Report Condemns Victoria Colonization as Genocide

The Yoorrook Commission's report on the colonization of Victoria, Australia, concluded that the actions against the indigenous population constituted genocide, citing widespread violence, forced assimilation, and economic exploitation; it recommends a treaty, land restitution, and financial reparati...

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