Evicted: 130 Guarani-Kaiowa Indians Removed From Homes; Village Burned
First evicted from their lands by Brazilian cattle ranchers in the 1960s, the Guarani-Kaiowa moved back to their land in 2007. More than 500 members of their tribe had committed suicide after decades...
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Rising hopes in the wake of two court injunctions were dashed as the Brazilian government prevailed in dispatching the injunctions, and proceeding with the auction of construction rights to the Belo...
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In Kenya, national politics of Mau Forests Complex trickle down to Ogiek
Tatsabei of Ngongogeri in Mau Forests Complex looks over the ruined roof of her demolished home – Photo by Kiplangat Cheruyot East Africa’s largest continuous forest, the Mau in Kenya, is home to about...
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AfricaNews.com: Kenya – Minority Group Decries Forceful Eviction
Find the full article here: Kenya: Minority Group Decries Forceful Evictions Posted on Tuesday 17 January 2012 – 14:00 Evans Wafula and Portus Chege AfricaNews reporters in Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi,...
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The Standard: “Lobby wants Indigenous tribes paid”
We received this article from one of our grantees, the Ogiek Peoples Development Programme.
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Tanzanian Land Grab Threatens Maasai Way of Life
by Mark Betancourt Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism announced in March that it plans to forbid 30,000 Maasai tribespeople from entering a 1,500-km stretch of their traditional...
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Death and Dispossession: The Continuing Struggle of Indigenous Peoples in...
Reposted from Cultural Survival By Bennett Collins and Alison Watson In April 2014, Cultural Survival reported that there was a “mobilization of national military and police forces in the Gambella...
View ArticleWorld Bank Accused of Complicity in Kenya Evictions
The World Bank’s Inspectional Panel has acknowledged the Bank’s role in the Kenya Forest Service’s (KFS) evictions of the Sengwer Peoples from the Embobut Forest. The panel “could not prove a direct...
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World Bank Makes Killing Indigenous Peoples More Profitable
The World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework draft neglects Indigenous rights Washington, D.C. – Not only does the World Bank’s new Environment and Social Framework (ESF) draft incentivize...
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14 Grantees to Celebrate in 2014!
Happy Holidays from First Peoples Worldwide! As 2014 comes to a close, we are honored to share just a few of the Indigenous organizations that our Keepers of the Earth Fund supported this year....
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A Too Common Occurrence: Maasai Land Theft by Safari Company in Northern...
Reposted from the Cultural Survival Quarterly, 38-4 Indigenous Rights Protect Us All (December 2014) Cattle in disputed land [photo credit: Cultural Survival] The expansive landscapes and large...
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Awa Victory Short-Lived
Less than a year after Brazilian soldiers evicted all non-Awa settlers from an Awa reservation in Maranhao, illegal loggers have resumed their activities in the region. The evictions were mandated by...
View ArticleWorld Bank Safeguards Violated
The World Bank’s Inspection Panel (IP), which monitors the Bank’s compliance with its own policies, has identified an “operational link” between the Bank’s provision of support to Ethiopia for basic...
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Rape, Sex Trafficking, and the Bottom Line: Corporations’ Complicity in...
Rosa Eblira Coc Inh, one of the plaintiffs. (Photo by Roger LeMoyne, MacLeans) By Katie Cheney On January 17, 2007, 9 men entered the temporary home of Rosa Elbira Coc Ich, a Mayan Q’eqchi woman in...
View ArticleThousands Evicted for Clean Energy and Tourism
Thousands of Maasai pastoralists in Kenya and Tanzania are being forced off their lands at gunpoint by their respective governments. In Kenya, the evictions are intended to make way for geothermal...
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Indigenous People In Danger of Displacement: The Nicaraguan Canal and its...
Nicaraguans protest the canal construction[Photo source: Noticiero Digital]by Katie Redmiles “Vendepatria!”: an epithet for one who sells his own homeland, was shouted at the Nicaraguan government by...
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Keeping Tabs on Country Risk
In 2014, the Western Australian government announced that up to 150 of the state’s remote Aboriginal communities might be closed because their “lifestyle choices” are not financially viable. The...
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