Indigenous Peoples
10 US Archaeological Discoveries Shrouded In Mystery
Most people consider the start of US history to be 1776, but nothing could be further from the truth. There are, in fact, thousands of years of North …
ArchaeologyIn Jerusalem we have the latest chapter in a century of colonialism
Donald Trump’s intervention is not a mere aberration. It’s part of the continuing story of injustice in Palestine<p>One hundred years ago, on 11 December 1917, the British army occupied Jerusalem. As General Allenby’s troops marched through Bab al-Khalil, launching a century of settler colonialism …
OpinionWALSH: 5 Questions Every Man Should Ask On A First Date To Weed Out The Man-Hating Feminists
A feminist writer named Lara Witt – who has said “whiteness is evil” and I’m sure a bunch of other crazy stuff that I can’t see because she blocked …
Conservative ViewOntario passes Cannabis Act, will take effect July 1, 2018
The trillium is Ontario’s official flower and marijuana could now be considered the province’s official weed with the passage of the Cannabis …
CannabisNurse stood down for racist social media rant, employment lawyer says breaches are common
A nurse has been stood down from his hospital job in northern WA following an expletive-filled, racist rant on social media that threatened violence …
Australian NewsNorth Korea's Kim Jong Un fetes rocket scientists, promises more weapons
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un vowed to develop more nuclear weapons on Tuesday while personally decorating scientists and …
North KoreaForum: Examining Discrimination Against Native Americans
How do Native-Americans experience discrimination in daily life?<p>A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is examining the extent of discrimination against five major ethnic and racial groups in America today. It finds that Native Americans …
Native AmericansChina Is Still Angry Over the Last Taiwan Crisis (And Its Military Is Ready)
<b>By J. Michael Cole</b><p>Twenty-one years, as Taiwanese were readying to hold their country’s first direct presidential election later in March, China …
ChinaPowerful 8.3-magnitude reconciliation quake strikes B.C
A powerful 8.3-magnitude reconciliation quake has struck parts of B.C., just a day after the provincial government green-lit a controversial …
SatireFeminist Lists 10 Questions Feminists Should Ask on a First Date...Allow Me to Answer Them
Thanks to the mainstream media’s love affair with modern feminism, I am constantly inundated with the chief social justice movement’s rhetoric, …
Conservative ViewMexican Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage marred by deaths
<b>One of the largest annual pilgrimages in Latin America has been marred this year by the death of at least 11 pilgrims.</b><p>The truck they were travelling in crashed on a motorway between Mexico City and Puebla.<p>The victims were among an estimated seven million pilgrims, who travelled to Mexico City to …
MexicoNAPLAN 2017: results have largely flat-lined, and patterns of inequality continue
Today’s release of the 2017 NAPLAN National Report confirms preliminary findings released in August and offers deeper insights into achievement …
New South Wales'I felt like the house slave; the whipping boy'
<i>The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse delivers its final report on 15 December. More than 8,000 survivors took part</i> …
Aboriginal AustraliansThe Great Quake and the Great Drowning
Nor did the people ultimately change the ways they lived. Robert Losey, an anthropologist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, looked for …
IIITM-K study says indigenous knowledge vanishing
Traditional knowledge passed down several generations of tribals in Kerala by their ancestors has suffered a massive erosion and is gradually …
Mi'kmaq Resistance: Defend The Sacred
Mi’kmaq and non-Indigenous allies are actively opposing the completion of the Alton Gas project near Stewiacke, Nova Scotia.<p>Alton Gas proposes to …
Nova ScotiaTrump’s message for tribes: Let them eat yellowcake
Uranium, it’s now part of Navajo DNA. With over 500 abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation, people living near these mines are exposed daily to …
EnvironmentNAPLAN results 'should act as a wake-up call'
Nearly 25 per cent of year 9 boys across Australia are not meeting the national minimum standard in writing, with Education Minister Simon Birmingham …
Australian UniversitiesVictoria's ombudsman slams shameful, discriminatory financial arrangements for kindship carers
Kinship carers looking after some of Victoria's most disadvantaged children are appallingly neglected, the ombudsman has found.<p>More than 5,500 …
Aboriginal AustraliansIndigenous Australians 'taking power back' from government in Queensland
The newly-appointed CEO of a peak body fighting for indigenous communities in north Queensland said the Cape York Land Council wants to "take the …
Australian NewsNative Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care System
Support the news<p>The life expectancy of Native Americans in some states is 20 years shorter than the national average.<p>There are many reasons why.<p>Among …
Health CareThe downside to Cowboys’ frightening forward pack
The decorated Scott will make his return from a knee injury that had restricted him to two games last season, while Melbourne recruit Jordan McLean …
Johnathan ThurstonRussian Army Snipers Have Rifles and Ammo That Can Pierce U.S. Body Armor
<b>By Charlie Gao</b><p>The Russian involvement in Syria and Ukraine has provided a wealth of experience to the Russian military. One of the hallmarks of these …
Can a GM banana solve Uganda's hunger crisis?
A law paving the way for GM crops is aimed at tackling the acute food shortages faced by almost 11 million Ugandans, despite experts’ fears over the technology<p>After an afternoon drizzle, Ephraim Muhereza carefully scouts his three-acre banana plantation in Gayaza, Wakiso district, plucking male …
AgricultureArctic climate 'report card' reveals ‘rapid and dramatic changes’ to the polar environment
The devastating impact of climate change in the polar regions has been confirmed by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) …
Climate ChangeTransgender Cree Writer May Miss Huge Opportunity For Lack Of Cash
For an emerging writer, it's a dream come true.Two weeks (or longer) to work on your first book in a private studio, nestled in the snowy mountains, …
Rundle: remembering two stalwarts of the Indigenous Black Power movement
Sol Bellear and Denis Walker were two mainstays of a movement that, for the most part, was about building black community. The post Rundle: …
Black PowerCold vault included in Yukon Archives $6M expansion
New secure vault includes refrigerated section for fragile material kept at -22 C<p>The Yukon Archives opened a new wing on Monday which will provide …
Aboriginal Canadians‘Lumad’ teacher tagged as NPA rebel freed from jail
DAVAO CITY --- A teacher in a "lumad" (indigenous peoples) school earlier tagged as a New People's Army (NPA) leader has been released from jail …
PhilippinesGenetics preserves traces of ancient resistance to Inca rule
The Chachapoyas region was conquered by the Inca Empire in the late 15th century. Knowledge of the fate of the local population has been based …
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