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 …

Archaeology

In 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 …

Opinion

WALSH: 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 View

Ontario 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 …

Cannabis

Nurse 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 News

North 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 Korea

Forum: 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 Americans

China 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 …

China

Powerful 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 …

Satire

Feminist 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 View

Mexican 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 …

Mexico

NAPLAN 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 Australians

The 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 Scotia

Trump’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 …

Environment

NAPLAN 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 Universities

Victoria'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 Australians

Indigenous 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 News

Native 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 Care

The 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 Thurston

Russian 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 …

Agriculture

Arctic 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 Change

Transgender 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 Power

Cold 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 …

Philippines

Genetics 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 …

Anthropology