Ohontsiawakon: The Land is Held
Kanetohare explains the meaning of Ohontsiawakon, otherwise known as the Aionwatha Belt, 5 Nations Belt and Hiawatha Belt. He details The post Ohontsiawakon: The Land is Held appeared first on...
View ArticleSavage Anxieties: Global Justice, First Nations’ Land Claims, and Indigenous...
Dr. Rob Williams explores the history and consequences of the denial of indigenous peoples' human rights to lands and resources The post Savage Anxieties: Global Justice, First Nations’ Land...
View ArticleBelo Sun No!
This short film demonstrates the unacceptable impacts of Belo Sun's proposed "Volta Grande" mine, which would be built a mere The post Belo Sun No! appeared first on Intercontinental Cry.
View ArticleKahsatstenhsera: Indigenous Resistance to Tar Sands Pipelines
Kahsatstenhsera (pronounced gah-sad-sdanh-se-ra) is a Kanienkeha:ka (Mohawk) word that means Strength in Unity. This short documentary details contemporary Indigenous resistance The post...
View ArticleDechinta Bush University: Learning off the Land
Watch this mini-documentary about Dechinta Bush University and hear from people creating a new paradigm for education in the north. The post Dechinta Bush University: Learning off the Land appeared...
View ArticleDisputed Territory
The green economy versus community-based economies--A story of the peoples of the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil. Produced by the The post Disputed Territory appeared first on Intercontinental Cry.
View ArticleThe Gállok Rebellion
The summer 2013 a new area of occupied Sápmi were under attack from the mining industry, if it were not The post The Gállok Rebellion appeared first on Intercontinental Cry.
View ArticleTranscanada leave Lakota Territory!
On November 13, 2013, tribal members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, acting as agents for Transcanada in order to The post Transcanada leave Lakota Territory! appeared first on Intercontinental Cry.
View ArticleRestoring Nationhood: Addressing Land Dispossession in the Canadian...
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson delivers a heartfelt talk about restoring Indigenous nationhood and addressing land dispossession in Canada. Talk delivered at The post Restoring Nationhood: Addressing Land...
View ArticleElsipogtog: The Fire Over Water
A video report from Al Jazeera’s Faultlines, Dec 6, 2013. On October 17, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police raided a The post Elsipogtog: The Fire Over Water appeared first on Intercontinental Cry.
View ArticleOn Our Land
On Our Land chronicles the experiences of rural communities in Papua New Guinea--giving a voice to those who are losing The post On Our Land appeared first on Intercontinental Cry.
View Article“We Do Not Wish to be Slaves on Our Own Lands”
Adelbert Gangai from the Maisin tribe discusses a looming threat from a palm oil company that would destroy the subsistence The post “We Do Not Wish to be Slaves on Our Own Lands”...
View ArticleBeing and becoming Indigenous: Resurgence against contemporary colonialism
On Nov. 28, 2013, Kanien'kehá:ka scholar activist Taiaiake Alfred was in Melbourne, Australia, to deliver the 5th annual Narrm oration The post Being and becoming Indigenous: Resurgence against...
View ArticleUrgent Message – Clean Up Abandoned Open Pit Uranium Mines
Indigenous Peoples know first hand the effects of Uranium Mining. Charmaine White Face and Defenders of the Black Hills have The post Urgent Message – Clean Up Abandoned Open Pit Uranium...
View ArticleDefending the Koshi
As Nepal and India push to construct a high dam on the Koshi River in Nepal, threatened Indigenous Peoples continue The post Defending the Koshi appeared first on Intercontinental Cry.
View ArticleDismantling the white man’s Indian
Dawn Martin-Hill (Mohawk, Wolf Clan) holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology and is one of the original founders of the The post Dismantling the white man’s Indian appeared first on...
View ArticleWe Can’t Eat Gold
“How does it feel when your ancestors have been surviving off the same land for thousands of years and then The post We Can’t Eat Gold appeared first on Intercontinental Cry.
View ArticleSuzanne Patles at Mi’kmaq Warriors Society strategy session
Suzanne Patles of the Mi'kmaq Warriors Society spoke at a strategy session co-sponsored by First Nations Studies SFU, and the The post Suzanne Patles at Mi’kmaq Warriors Society strategy...
View ArticleIn her name – relationships as law: Sarah Hunt at TEDxVictoria 2013
Sarah Hunt is a PhD candidate passionately working to change the high rates of abuse experienced by Indigenous people by examining tensions between law and violence. Sarah draws on her experience as a...
View ArticleA Question of Justice
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) is the main Human Rights body in Africa. With the establishment of its Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa (Working...
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