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Proposed Reform to Landmark Law Threatens Indigenous Land Rights in Chile icmagazine.org/proposed-ref...
Proposed Reform to Landmark Law Threatens Indigenous Land Rights in Chile – Intercontinental Cry
Indigenous organizations in Chile are sounding an alarm over President José Antonio Kast's proposed overhaul of the country's Indigenous Law, warning that the c
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June 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Proposed Reform to Landmark Law Threatens Indigenous Land Rights in Chile icmagazine.org/proposed-ref...
International Tribunal Accuses Canada of ‘Genocide’ Against Indigenous Peoples icmagazine.org/internationa...
International Tribunal Accuses Canada of ‘Genocide’ Against Indigenous Peoples – Intercontinental Cry
An international human rights tribunal has concluded that Canada committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Indigenous Peoples through its residenti
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June 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
International Tribunal Accuses Canada of ‘Genocide’ Against Indigenous Peoples icmagazine.org/internationa...
Reko Diq Mine Threatens Indigenous Baloch Communities in Pakistan icmagazine.substack.com/p/reko-diq-m...
Reko Diq Mine Threatens Indigenous Baloch Communities in Pakistan
The massive Reko Diq copper and gold mine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province is increasingly becoming a flashpoint in a growing international debate over Indigenous rights, militarization...
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May 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Reko Diq Mine Threatens Indigenous Baloch Communities in Pakistan icmagazine.substack.com/p/reko-diq-m...
A Canadian-owned mining project in Norway is drawing criticism from Indigenous Sámi (Saami) communities, who warn that the development threatens reindeer herding lands that have sustained their culture and livelihoods for generations. icmagazine.org/europes-gree...
Europe’s Green Energy Rush Sparks Another Conflict With Indigenous Sámi – Intercontinental Cry
A major mining project in Norway is drawing criticism from Indigenous Sámi (Saami) communities, who warn that the development threatens reindeer herding lands t
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May 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A Canadian-owned mining project in Norway is drawing criticism from Indigenous Sámi (Saami) communities, who warn that the development threatens reindeer herding lands that have sustained their culture and livelihoods for generations. icmagazine.org/europes-gree...
France Moves to Return Remains of Indigenous Peoples Displayed in Colonial “Human Zoos” icmagazine.org/france-moves...
France Moves to Return Remains of Indigenous Peoples Displayed in Colonial “Human Zoos” – Intercontinental Cry
France is moving to return the remains of six Indigenous Kalina people who died after being exhibited in a colonial-era “human zoo” in Paris more than 130 years
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May 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
France Moves to Return Remains of Indigenous Peoples Displayed in Colonial “Human Zoos” icmagazine.org/france-moves...
A sweeping plan to transform one of the Indian Ocean’s most ecologically fragile islands into a major shipping and military hub threatens to damage both the island’s ecosystems and its Indigenous inhabitants. icmagazine.org/indias-great...
India’s Great Nicobar Project Threatens Indigenous Peoples, Ecosystems – Intercontinental Cry
A sweeping plan to transform one of the Indian Ocean’s most ecologically fragile islands into a major shipping and military hub threatens to damage both the isl
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May 21, 2026 at 5:38 PM
A sweeping plan to transform one of the Indian Ocean’s most ecologically fragile islands into a major shipping and military hub threatens to damage both the island’s ecosystems and its Indigenous inhabitants. icmagazine.org/indias-great...
Global energy transition policies continue to sideline Indigenous knowledge systems, even as Indigenous Peoples protect many of the world’s remaining ecosystems and hold critical expertise for building a just and sustainable future. icmagazine.org/whose-knowle...
Whose knowledge counts in science for energy transitions? – Intercontinental Cry
A suite of promising scientific initiatives presented recently at a landmark fossil fuel transition conference in Colombia intend to cut through the fog of clim
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May 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Global energy transition policies continue to sideline Indigenous knowledge systems, even as Indigenous Peoples protect many of the world’s remaining ecosystems and hold critical expertise for building a just and sustainable future. icmagazine.org/whose-knowle...
Indigenous Peoples continue to face a disproportionate wave of killings, threats and criminalization as attacks on land and environmental defenders reach record highs worldwide. icmagazine.org/indigenous-p...
Indigenous Peoples Face Disproportionate Violence as Attacks on Land Defenders Reach a Record High – Intercontinental Cry
Indigenous and human rights defenders opposing corporate abuses faced a record number of attacks in 2025, with Indigenous Peoples disproportionately targeted de
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May 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Indigenous Peoples continue to face a disproportionate wave of killings, threats and criminalization as attacks on land and environmental defenders reach record highs worldwide. icmagazine.org/indigenous-p...
This week at IC, our patrons helped sustain numerous reports that traced a familiar pattern across multiple continents. From border wall construction threatening Kumiai sacred territory, to mining conflicts in Australia and lithium expansion across the Americas... www.patreon.com/posts/ic-wee...
IC Weekly Report #2 | Intercontinental Cry
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May 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This week at IC, our patrons helped sustain numerous reports that traced a familiar pattern across multiple continents. From border wall construction threatening Kumiai sacred territory, to mining conflicts in Australia and lithium expansion across the Americas... www.patreon.com/posts/ic-wee...
Construction tied to the U.S. border wall has damaged a mountain that’s sacred to the Kumiai peoples in northern Mexico. icmagazine.org/trumps-borde...
Trump’s Border Wall Has Damaged a Sacred Kumiai Mountain – Intercontinental Cry
Construction tied to the expansion of U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall is damaging a mountain that's sacred to the Kumiai peoples in northern Mexico. H
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May 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Construction tied to the U.S. border wall has damaged a mountain that’s sacred to the Kumiai peoples in northern Mexico. icmagazine.org/trumps-borde...
West Coast pipeline lacks “ethical compliance measures”; Indigenous Climate Action Weighs in on proposed Alberta pipeline icmagazine.org/west-coast-p...
West Coast pipeline lacks “ethical compliance measures” – Intercontinental Cry
An Indigenous climate advocate is warning that a proposed new oil pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s Pacific coast risks deepening environmental harm and repeati
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May 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
West Coast pipeline lacks “ethical compliance measures”; Indigenous Climate Action Weighs in on proposed Alberta pipeline icmagazine.org/west-coast-p...
More than 25 years after Brazilian authorities confirmed the existence of the uncontacted Kawahiva peoples deep in the Amazon rainforest, the federal government has begun physically demarcating their territory. icmagazine.substack.com/p/brazil-beg...
Brazil Begins Demarcating Territory of Uncontacted Kawahiva Peoples After Decades of Delay
More than 25 years after Brazilian authorities confirmed the existence of the uncontacted Kawahiva peoples deep in the Amazon rainforest, the federal government has begun physically demarcating their ...
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May 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
More than 25 years after Brazilian authorities confirmed the existence of the uncontacted Kawahiva peoples deep in the Amazon rainforest, the federal government has begun physically demarcating their territory. icmagazine.substack.com/p/brazil-beg...
Indigenous Forests Across Latin America Face a Growing Criminal Siege icmagazine.org/indigenous-f...
Indigenous Forests Across Latin America Face a Growing Criminal Siege – Intercontinental Cry
Criminal groups tied to Mexico’s drug cartels are accelerating illegal logging in the ancient forests of the Sierra Tarahumara, threatening Indigenous communiti
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May 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Indigenous Forests Across Latin America Face a Growing Criminal Siege icmagazine.org/indigenous-f...
Alberta Judge Blocks Separation Petition Over Treaty Rights Concerns icmagazine.org/alberta-judg...
Alberta Judge Blocks Separation Petition Over Treaty Rights Concerns – Intercontinental Cry
An Alberta judge has struck down a separatist referendum petition, ruling that the provincial government failed to meet its constitutional duty to consult with
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May 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Alberta Judge Blocks Separation Petition Over Treaty Rights Concerns icmagazine.org/alberta-judg...
Indigenous Land is at the Center of Nevada's Lithium Boom. Amnesty International Releases New Report. icmagazine.org/indigenous-l...
Indigenous Land is at the Center of Nevada’s Lithium Boom. – Intercontinental Cry
Amnesty International says the growing lithium mining industry in Nevada is violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples. A report released Tuesday argues that fe
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May 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Indigenous Land is at the Center of Nevada's Lithium Boom. Amnesty International Releases New Report. icmagazine.org/indigenous-l...
Australian company fined $150M for illegal mining on Indigenous land icmagazine.org/australian-c...
Australian company fined $150M for illegal mining on Indigenous land – Intercontinental Cry
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered mining giant Fortescue to pay the Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation more than A$150 million in compensation
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May 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Australian company fined $150M for illegal mining on Indigenous land icmagazine.org/australian-c...
As global demand for lithium surges under the banner of “green energy,” Indigenous communities in Argentina warn that mining projects threatening their water, territories and rights icmagazine.org/lithium-rush...
Lithium Rush in Argentina Raises Indigenous Rights Concerns Amid Green Energy Push – Intercontinental Cry
Thirty lithium-hungry mining companies, including SQM and CODELCO, in Argentina's Jujuy province continue to push for permits that violate the Kolla and Atacama
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May 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
As global demand for lithium surges under the banner of “green energy,” Indigenous communities in Argentina warn that mining projects threatening their water, territories and rights icmagazine.org/lithium-rush...
As Brazil moves to fast-track critical minerals mining for the global clean energy economy, Indigenous leaders warn the rush for lithium, nickel and rare earths risks threatening Indigenous territories across the Amazon icmagazine.org/brazils-race...
Brazil’s Race for Critical Minerals Raises Alarm Across Indigenous Territories – Intercontinental Cry
A proposed bill in Brazil aimed at accelerating the extraction of so-called critical minerals is drawing sharp criticism from Indigenous leaders who warn the le
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May 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
As Brazil moves to fast-track critical minerals mining for the global clean energy economy, Indigenous leaders warn the rush for lithium, nickel and rare earths risks threatening Indigenous territories across the Amazon icmagazine.org/brazils-race...
Pakistan’s Indigenous Torwali are resisting a wave of hydro projects that threaten Swat River. They warn that the destruction of the river would erase culture, livelihoods, language, and centuries of ancestral connection to the land. icmagazine.org/pakistans-in...
Pakistan’s Indigenous Torwali peoples are fighting to save the Swat River – Intercontinental Cry
For the Indigenous Torwali community living in the Swat valley , in northern Pakistan, rivers are not a “resource.” They are not just “water.” They are the hea
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May 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Pakistan’s Indigenous Torwali are resisting a wave of hydro projects that threaten Swat River. They warn that the destruction of the river would erase culture, livelihoods, language, and centuries of ancestral connection to the land. icmagazine.org/pakistans-in...
Pe’ Sla Protectors Win! After a week of strategic direct action to shut down drilling pads at Pe’Sla, the Pete Lien & Sons company has withdrawn their plan for the Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project. icmagazine.org/pe-sla-prote...
Pe’ Sla Protectors Win! Drilling Operation Plan Withdrawn – Intercontinental Cry
Rapid City, SD — After a week of strategic direct action to shut down drilling pads at Pe'Sla and two days after Octet Sakowin land defenders won a temporary re
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May 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Pe’ Sla Protectors Win! After a week of strategic direct action to shut down drilling pads at Pe’Sla, the Pete Lien & Sons company has withdrawn their plan for the Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project. icmagazine.org/pe-sla-prote...
Barron Trump’s new yerba mate energy drink venture reflects a broader pattern of corporations profiting from Indigenous traditions while Indigenous communities remain excluded from ownership, recognition, and economic control. icmagazine.substack.com/p/barron-tru...
Barron Trump’s Yerba Mate Venture Revives Debate Over Indigenous Exploitation and Cultural Appropriation
When Barron Trump’s latest business venture entered the crowded energy drink market this spring, critics quickly focused on more than the product itself.
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May 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Barron Trump’s new yerba mate energy drink venture reflects a broader pattern of corporations profiting from Indigenous traditions while Indigenous communities remain excluded from ownership, recognition, and economic control. icmagazine.substack.com/p/barron-tru...
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal to Hear Evidence on Canada’s Residential School Legacy in Montreal icmagazine.org/permanent-pe...
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal to Hear Evidence on Canada’s Residential School Legacy in Montreal – Intercontinental Cry
An international people’s tribunal examining Canada’s role in the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous children in residential schools will convene in Montre
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May 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal to Hear Evidence on Canada’s Residential School Legacy in Montreal icmagazine.org/permanent-pe...
Isolated Indigenous Peoples in Amazon Corridor Face Escalating Threats From Extraction and Crime icmagazine.org/isolated-ind...
Isolated Indigenous Peoples in Amazon Corridor Face Escalating Threats From Extraction and Crime – Intercontinental Cry
One of the world’s largest remaining strongholds of isolated Indigenous peoples is being squeezed by a growing web of oil concessions, illegal logging operation
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May 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Isolated Indigenous Peoples in Amazon Corridor Face Escalating Threats From Extraction and Crime icmagazine.org/isolated-ind...
Victory at Pe’ Sla: Direct Action and Legal Push Secure Temporary Restraining Order Against Drilling icmagazine.substack.com/p/victory-at...
Victory at Pe’ Sla: Direct Action and Legal Push Secure Temporary Restraining Order Against Drilling
On April 30, 2026, Oceti Sakowin land defenders engaged in direct action to halt exploratory graphite drilling near Pe’ Sla, a sacred site of significant importance to Indigenous tribes in the Black H...
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May 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Victory at Pe’ Sla: Direct Action and Legal Push Secure Temporary Restraining Order Against Drilling icmagazine.substack.com/p/victory-at...
Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society Organize Another Protest Against Destructive Mining in Brooke’s Point, Palawan icmagazine.org/indigenous-p...
Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society Rise Up Against Destructive Mining in Brooke’s Point, Palawan – Intercontinental Cry
As mining threats intensify across the Palawan Man & Biosphere Reserve, Indigenous communities are rising with renewed force. They are forging powerful alliance
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May 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society Organize Another Protest Against Destructive Mining in Brooke’s Point, Palawan icmagazine.org/indigenous-p...