Products grown by the indigenous communities

Researchers Around the World Are Learning From Indigenous Communities.

Ecuador's indigenous communities are integrated into the mainstream culture to varying degrees, but some may also practice their own indigenous cultures, particularly the more remote indigenous communities of the Amazon basin.

Indigenous communities in Colombia are taking steps to protect their food security.

Some remote Indigenous communities have been described as having failed state like conditions.

He dedicated himself, in particular, to the defense of indigenous communities, persecuted by landowners.

The organization underlined the existence of environmental impacts for indigenous communities surrounding the project (see illustration).

Traditional communities, like indigenous and quilombola communities, have first hand knowledge of how to use these resources, which interests the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic and other industries.

The blogger Milanta also posts an analysis of the Legislative decrees that are affecting the indigenous communities.

In Intercontinental Cry, Jennifer Kennedy writes about the effect of hydroelectric dam projects on Panamanian Indigenous communities.

You can follow these and other activities of the indigenous communities in Colombia through their website in Spanish.

Tapia observed that internet communication provides an important opportunity for sharing information, especially about culture and land rights, not only with non indigenous people, but also among other indigenous communities.

Father Fausto Tentorio was an Italian missionary serving indigenous communities in the hinterlands of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

The canoada also helps indigenous groups think of socio economic alternatives to communities that depend on the commercialization of fish.

In the end of November, the city of Sao Paulo hosted the 1st Symposium On Indigenous Uses of the Internet , an event organized by the Center for Indigenous History and Indigenous Studies at the Federal University of Sao Paulo to assess how indigenous communities were using the internet in Brazil.

From the early 20th century to at least the mid 1980s, educational policies in Mexico focused on the hispanization (castellanización) of indigenous communities, teaching only Spanish and discouraging the use of indigenous languages.

Marginalized and oppressed for centuries, indigenous peoples native communities around the world often considered minorities by states are seeking Internet autonomy.

The Brazilian Federal Government plans to build up to five dams in the Tapajós River, where dozens of indigenous communities live.

This helps to ensure that the efforts by the indigenous communities creating multimedia and language lessons can reach the intended audience.

Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution, passed in 1917, ceded land ownership to poor farmers and indigenous communities through the creation of two fundamental forms of social property communal land and communities.

The construction of the Belo Monte Dam is another serious threat to the survival of entire indigenous communities in the Amazon region.

One project, called La Cuidadora, provides an information sharing network to assist indigenous communities in better protecting them selves from these impacts.

But sadly the celebrations were dominated by staged government shows which were neither led nor shared by indigenous communities or spiritual leaders.

These communities have experienced many injustices throughout history, but in present times, land rights are the most prominent issue for the indigenous population.

There is great diversity among different Indigenous communities and societies in Australia, each with its own unique mixture of cultures, customs and languages.

So, one thing we did five years ago we started a program that links kids in indigenous communities with kids in the United States.

The station plays music from indigenous artists, as well as featuring news, debates, stories, poetry and messages that come directly from the communities themselves.

Like many other indigenous people, exploitation of nature, racism and rules imposed by profit driven, colonialist power structures inflict great harm on Saami communities.

Chicoepab Surui, from the Paiter Surui people of the Amazon, covered the first gathering ever of delegates of 16 indigenous communities from all over Brazil to discuss the Internet, and how to use it in favor of indigenous people

With the appeal, the OAS responded supportively to a complaint filed by indigenous and environmental advocacy groups, granting a precautionary measure for the local communities.

Using a Ushahidi deployment (translated into the indigenous language Shipibo), information from within affected communities gets reported, mapped and then distributed out to national organizations and media outlets as well as back to people in the affected communities.

Cristina Quisbert of the blog Bolivia Indígena writes about the police repression of the TIPNIS indigenous marchers as a day that will remain recorded in the history of indigenous communities as a nefarious day in the violation of their human rights.

Rising Voices will be launching a microgrant competition next month for digital citizen media projects in the Amazon region which is home to many indigenous communities.

For indigenous communities across Colombia, sharing knowledge in their own language can mean ensuring that the next generation has access to important elements of their culture.

Indigenous People

Indigenous Xavantes.

Today we, indigenous people, use this technology that is alien to our culture as a tool to seek improvements for our communities and to fight for our rights.

Their debut single was launched on YouTube in 2015 through the Guateka channel a project that seeks to capture the daily lives of indigenous communities across the country.

Cultural Indigenous Blogs

The Indigenous Body.

Small, but indigenous.

Murdered, but indigenous.

Perforated, but indigenous.

According to Earth Island, CONFENIAE alleges that the undersecretary of hydrocarbons entered Achuar, Kichwa, and Sapara indigenous communities without permission in October and held consultations with the local people.

These three students are part of an effort to showcase this unique university designed to provide an intercultural and experimental form of education to students from Venezuela's indigenous communities.