Indigenous People

Joe Biden to apologise for 150-year Indian boarding school policy today

President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologise on Friday for the country's role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of generations of Indigenous children and their ancestors. I would never have guessed in a million years that something like this would happen, said Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna. It's a big deal to me. I'm sure it will be a big deal to all of Indian Country. Shortly after becoming the first Native American to lead the Interior, Haaland launched an investigation into the boarding school system, which found that at least 18,000 children, some as young as 4, were taken from their parents and forced to attend schools that sought to assimilate them, in an effort to dispossess their tribal nations of land. It also documented nearly 1,000 deaths and 74 gravesites associated with the more than 500 schools. No president has ever formally apologized for the forced removal of Native American, Alaska Nativ

'Will implement 52 recommendations on Clause 6 of Assam Accord', says CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that his government will implement 52 recommendations of the Justice Biplab Sarma committee on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord to safeguard the interests of the indigenous people. These recommendations of the panel will be implemented by April 15, he said. The Clause 6 of the Assam Accord states that appropriate constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards will be provided to protect cultural, social and linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people. "The implementation of the committee's recommendations can be divided into three parts- 52 of which can be implemented directly by the state government, five jointly by the state and the central governments, while the rest comes within the purview of the Centre," Sarma said at a press conference here. Notably, the state cabinet, in its meeting on Wednesday, had decided to implement 57 of the 67 recommendations of the committee. The cabinet had discussed in .

Adivasi Divas 2024: All you need to know about Indigenous Peoples Day

India celebrates Adivasi Divas on August 9 every year to honour the indigenous tribal communities known as Adivasis, which are acknowledged as the country's original inhabitants

Govt signs tripartite pact to solve problems of Tripura's indigenous people

A tripartite agreement between TIPRA Motha and the governments of Tripura and India was signed on Saturday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to bring a "lasting solution" to the problems of the state's indigenous people. With the signing of the agreement, the government has respected history, corrected past wrongs and accepted the present reality to proceed towards a brighter future, Shah said. "I assure all stakeholders of Tripura that you won't have to fight for your rights anymore. The government of India will be two steps ahead in creating mechanisms to safeguard your rights," he said at an event held at North Block here. The home minister said no one can change history but everyone can learn from their past mistakes and move ahead. He said the Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance, popularly known as TIPRA Motha, and all tribal parties have played a constructive role and the BJP government in Tripura also worked sincerely towards this agreement. Sha

Australia's lower house passes referendum on Indigenous Voice to parliament

This means Australians are now one step closer to voting on whether to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the country's first referendum since 1999

Canada stabbings suspect has long criminal records, community blames drugs

As a Canadian Indigenous community comes to grips with a deadly stabbing rampage by two of its own, many blamed rampant drug and alcohol use on the reserve that they linked to repeated failures by the government over many years. One of the alleged attackers, Myles Sanderson, has 59 criminal convictions, according to parole documents. He'd been serving a sentence of four years and four months on charges that included assault with a weapon, assault on a peace officer and robbery when he was released. Public Safety Minister Mendicino said he's been told by the parole board there will be an investigation into its assessment of Myles Sanderson. I want the know the reasons behind the decision" to release him, he said. I'm extremely concerned with what occurred here. Many of his past crimes happened when he was intoxicated, and he told parole officials substance use made him out of his mind. He had been sought for a parole violation since May. The drug problem and the alcohol problem o

Pope Francis' apology to indigenous people for abuses not enough: Canada

The Canadian government made clear that Pope Francis' apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country's church-run residential schools didn't go far enough

Pope Francis lands in Canada, set for apologies to indigenous groups

Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools

Indigenous Australians ask Seoul court to stop loans to $3.6 bn gas project

People from the Tiwi Islands and Larrakia Traditional Owners are seeking an injunction.

For indigenous people and women, Ash Barty's Wimbledon win is historic

She is one of only a handful of indigenous Australian women who are both sporting champions and household names

Nagaland: Committee sets March 31 as deadline for implementing RIIN

The state government had in 2019 said that RIIN is required to prevent issuance of indigenous inhabitant certificates to ineligible persons

PM distributes land allotment certificates to indigenous people in Assam

State health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Assam and the northeast got due attention from the Central government and made unprecedented progress during the last six years

Protected by Assam accord, CAA won't affect Indigenous people: Assam CM

The state government will also reach out to the people to dispel their misunderstandings about CAA, he said

Indigenous people invented the so-called 'American Dream'

Many of the values that inspire the American Dream - liberty, equality - originated with native North Americans