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First Australia Treaty With Indigenous People Signed in Victoria | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/first-australia-treaty-with-indigenous-people-signed-in-victoria

Brazilian Amazon’s most violent city tied to illegal gold mining on Indigenous land https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/brazilian-amazons-most-violent-city-tied-to-illegal-gold-mining-on-indigenous-land…

Brazilian Amazon’s most violent city tied to illegal gold mining on Indigenous land
Violence has escalated in the small Brazilian town of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade as illegal gold mining on the nearby Sararé Indigenous Territory has exploded over the last two years, according to the 2025 Amazon Violence Atlas. Located in Mato Grosso state near the Bolivian border, Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade recorded the highest […]

👿 How a ‘green gold rush’ in the Amazon led to dubious carbon deals on Indigenous lands
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/how-a-green-gold-rush-in-the-amazon-led-to-dubious-carbon-deals-on-indigenous-lands/

How a ‘green gold rush’ in the Amazon led to dubious carbon deals on Indigenous lands
BARCELONA — In December 2022, one of Brazil’s largest Indigenous territories and one of the smallest would each sign a 118-page, 10-year contract they would soon come to regret —as would faraway investors looking to capitalize on the billion-dollar carbon and biodiversity markets. In Brazil’s lush westernmost states of Amazonas and Acre, which border Peru, […]

The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz.
Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land.
After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and environmental stewardship.

The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land.
After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and environmental stewardship.

"Less arguing, more action: will Brazil’s unorthodox approach to Cop30 work?"
#Brazil #COP30 #ClimateSummit

Just finished "The Word for World is Forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Can't believe I didn't read this one earlier, and this strengthens my resolve to finish off the rest of her stuff I have yet to read sooner. I think it benefits somewhat from having read it after "Four Ways to Forgiveness" which gives more of the Hainish context. Certainly none of the blurbs I had read about it did it any measure of justice, which is one reason I hadn't prioritized it. More than being about colonization, it's about a solution to the paradox of tolerance, and both the price and imperfections of that solution. As usual with Le Guin's science fiction, it's a rich companion to anarchist thought.
I think the typical objection to seeing it as an answer to the warlord question would be that it serendipitously positions the indigenous population with more power and a less ruthless opponent than in the imagined scenario, and it uses the League of Worlds as a sort of deus ex machina to foreclose further retribution. Ultimately that's why I think it's more about the paradox of tolerance than anything else, but I also think in regards to the warlord problem that we are too quick to underestimate just how numerous and enthusiastic the opponents of a warlord might be, and to overestimate the strength of technological weapons wielded by frail (and psychologically unarmored) humans.
In any case, Le Guin gives this book's alien humans yet another fascinatingly credible capability, and getting to see the introduction of ansible technology with all its implications is pretty cool too. Maybe not

Fossil science owes a debt to indigenous knowledge: Lesotho missionary's notes tell the story
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-fossil-science-owes-debt-indigenous.html#goog_rewarded

Australia is connecting Snowy 2.0 to the grid with 800 new transmission towers, unlocking 2.2 GW of renewable power.
Vikram Solar opened a 5 GW plant in Tamil Nadu, scaling India's solar capacity.
Bolivia created the Loma Santa Indigenous Conservation Area, protecting Amazon forests under Indigenous stewardship.
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Weekly Climate Solutions Digest
Welcome Early December settles in. In the north, frost filigrees the last leaves and Orion lifts above. It is a good week to pay attention to what connects. That is the thread running through our stories. New lines knit a giant alpine battery into Australia's grid. A factory in Tamil

The latest issue of the journal I edit - the Canadian Historical Review - dropped last week. It includes articles on the influence of Indigenous practices on European medicine (it'll help you understand the origins of the term "blowing smoke up your ass" too), First Nations' dispossession and the funding of settlement, early campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty, Trudeau's return to power in 1980, and the UN's World Refugee Year.
Check it out.

🍌 Indigenous Guatemalans denounce exploitation on Mexican farms: ‘Bananas are worth more than us’
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-07/indigenous-guatemalans-denounce-exploita…

Indigenous Guatemalans denounce exploitation on Mexican farms: ‘Bananas are worth more than us’
The plants that grow these sweet fruits are cultivated with extreme care. But those who pamper them are despised and exploited

"What was achieved for Indigenous peoples at COP30?"
#COP30 #Climate #ClimateSummit

What was achieved for Indigenous peoples at COP30?
After two weeks of negotiations in Belém, Brazil, the COP30 U.N. climate summit delivered mixed outcomes, Indigenous delegates say. The event saw the largest Indigenous participation in COP history and landmark pledges made, but also heated protests and last-minute disappointments. “The summit was historic for Indigenous peoples, and this is the result of the Indigenous […]

Pretty sure I had read somewhere few years ago that Thomas King was not Indigenous... i guess the news is that he finally admitted it.
Sigh..
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/celebrated-inconvenient-indian-author-tho…

So this is percolating and the results so far are not surprising.
I'd vote NO, for the following reasons:
- oil demand continues to decline and risk is high we'll end up with an expensive underutilized pipeline. Therefore high risk we'll end up subsidizing any private entity that builds this thing.
- why would we invest public dollars to support infrastructure for a product where 75% of the profit leaves Canada? There has to be a net benefit, beyond steel sales and jobs, for this project to be considered.
- Indigenous land rights must be respected. They will be left with the rusting pipeline decades in the future, and it's impact on the land.
- the B.C. government must also have a final vote as they have to give up land and provide support.
- we don't need additional oil tankers on our west coast.
- and most importantly, with this MOU, Canada pretty much declared we aren't serious about protecting the environment or fighting climate change. We're oil whores. Harsh but....
#CanPoli #ClimateAction

Support Indigenous Land Defender Marcos Aguilar’s Family
(original: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSFUcy_jKU7 by zapatistasolidaritynetwork)
On November 26, 2025, Indigenous land defender Marcos Aguilar Rojas was assassinated for protecting his anc

Zapatista Solidarity Network! on Instagram: "📢‼️URGENT On November 26, 2025, Indigenous land defender Marcos Aguilar Rojas was assassinated for protecting his ancestral territory in San Lorenzo de Azqueltán, Jalisco, Mexico. He leaves behind five young children — including two babies — and elderly parents who depended on him. Marcos was a devoted father, a loving son, and a guardian of Mother Earth. He refused to abandon his community despite threats and violence. This was a planned political attack from those trying to steal Indigenous ancestral territory. ✨ That’s why we are asking for your solidarity: @semillas_collective is collecting donations that will go directly to Marcos’s family and Indigenous community to support: • His children’s wellbeing (food, housing, education) • Care for his parents • Community protection against further attacks • Legal justice for his assassination 🔗Link in our bio to the fundraiser and the communiqué from the Autonomous Indigenous Community or San Lorenzo de Azqueltán (adherents of the National Indigenous Congress [CNI]) 📣Please donate if you are able. If you cannot, share and help us break the silence. Marcos lives in the land, in his children, and in our struggle. Marcos vive — la lucha sigue. ✊🏽💚🌱 #JusticeForMarcos #Semillas #IndigenousSolidarity #Azqueltán #LandBack #ProtectLandDefenders #NoMoreImpunity #MarcosVive #LaLuchaSigue"
99 likes, 0 comments - zapatistasolidaritynetwork on December 10, 2025: "📢‼️URGENT On November 26, 2025, Indigenous land defender Marcos Aguilar Rojas was assassinated for protecting his ancestral territory in San Lorenzo de Azqueltán, Jalisco, Mexico. He leaves behind five young children — including two babies — and elderly parents who depended on him. Marcos was a devoted father, a loving son, and a guardian of Mother Earth. He refused to abandon his community despite threats a…

Saw someone post on another platform something that said "XXX are the most resilient #indigenous people in the world"
And I understand the sentiment, but there are ways praise the strength of people without indirectly denigrating other #struggles around the world. Let's remember tha…

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID 'fake' (Kai Uyehara/The Seattle Times)
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/indigenous-actress-elaine-miles-says-ice-called-her-tribal-id-fake/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251127/p39#a251127p39

Indigenous American actress Elaine Miles, who played Marilyn on “Northern Exposure” detained by ICE who claimed her Tribal ID issued in Oregon was fake.
#ICE #citizen #trump

Gold mining exposes Indigenous women in Nicaragua to high mercury levels https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/gold-mining-exposes-indigenous-women-in-nicaragua-to-high-mercury-levels/

Gold mining exposes Indigenous women in Nicaragua to high mercury levels
Indigenous women of childbearing age from Nicaragua’s Waspam municipality have been exposed to toxic levels of mercury, according to a new report by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN). The researchers took hair samples from 50 women between 18 and 44 years old. The women live in the Indigenous communities of Li Auhbra and Li […]

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’ | The Seattle Times https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/indigenous-actress-elaine-miles-says-ice-called-her-tribal-id-fake/

Important & informative 🧵re #indigenous & #uncontactedpeople
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115446627734

Important & informative 🧵re #indigenous & #uncontactedpeople
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115446627734

Sigh.... Somedays I'm reminded just how far we still have to go to reduce bigotry amongst those we elect
https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/9115872/federation-council-moves-to-drop-indigenous-flags-from-chambers/<…

The Riverina council that just voted to take down Indigenous flags
Mayor's push for 'unified culture' creates heat among councillors.

Acclaimed ‘Inconvenient Indian’ reveals he’s not Indigenous
“At 82, I feel as though I’ve been ripped in half, a one-legged man in a two-legged story. Not the Indian I had in mind. Not an Indian at all.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/30…

Acclaimed ‘Inconvenient Indian’ reveals he’s not Indigenous
King said he was told as a child that his father was part Cherokee. A genealogist traced his paternal lineage and found no Indigenous ancestry.

@… using this logic he should also leave, as his European immigrant ancestors certainly ruined the dreams of the indigenous people that were already here.

Day 29: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
I've been sitting on Simpson for a while because there's some overlap in her writing with Robin Wall Kimmerer, and I've had a lot of different genres/styles/subjects/media I've wanted to post at least one author from. But I've now hit repeats on at least YA romance and manga, and Simpson's writing is actually quite different from Kimmerer's in a lot of ways. While Kimmerer is a biologist by training and literally braids that knowledge together with her knowledge of Potawatomi cosmology and ethics, Simpson is an Anishinaabe philosopher and anarchist, and her position as a scholar of Indigenous philosophy adds a different depth to her work: she talks in more depth about knowledge relationships and her connections with specific elders, and she has more citations to other Indigenous theorists, which is the one criticism I've ever seen of Kimmerer's work. Rather than being Indigenous and a scientist, she's Indigenous and a scholar of indigenous studies.
I've only read "Theory of Water" by Simpson, but it was excellent, and especially inspiring to read as an anarchist. Simpson's explicit politics are another difference from Kimmerer's work, which is more implicitly than explicitly political. This allows Simpson to draw extremely interesting connections to other anarchist theorists and movements. "Theory of Water" is probably a bit less accessible than "Braiding Sweetgrass," but it's richer from a theory perspective as a result.
In any case, Simpson is a magnificent writer, sharing personal insights and stories along with (and inseparable from) her theoretical ideas.
#30AuthorsNoMen

“Many AVs are electric, but the metals and minerals used to build them often come from environmentally harmful mining operations that damage communities—especially Indigenous communities—and ecosystems abroad.”
Appreciate @… calling this out! Cars aren't green, AV or not. Sign her petition to let California counties vote on whether we wan…

Let the People Decide: Give Us a Vote on Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have flooded San Francisco’s streets, raising serious safety and traffic concerns for residents, pedestrians, animal advocates, and local businesses. In 2025 alone, both Waymo and Zoox recalled over 1,200 vehicles due to crash risks. AVs have also blocked emergency vehicles, caused traffic jams, and created dangerous situations for people walking, biking, and driving. Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft already made traffic worse, accounting for about half th…

Shopify’s shuttered Indigenous entrepreneurship program will relaunch independently through an Indigenous-owned organization (Centre for Native Nation Builders)
https://betakit.com/shopifys-shuttered-indigenous-entrepreneurship…

Speak My Language
Shares stories of Indigenous Australians who are engaging in their passions while also living with a disability...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/speak-my-language/

The Wikipedia article also includes this sentence in its opening paragraph:
❝However, France only controlled a small fraction of this area, most of which was inhabited by Native Americans; effectively, for the majority of the area, the United States bought the preemptive right to obtain Indian lands by treaty or by conquest, to the exclusion of other colonial powers.❞
Britannica has nothing like that. It discusses the Louisiana Purchase without a single mention that the indigenous people of North America even exist.
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Indigenous Dayak sound alarm as palm oil firm razes orangutan habitat in Borneo Indigenous Dayak sound alarm as palm oil firm razes orangutan habitat in Borneo
#environment #wildlife #orangutans

🗿 A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil: What companies owe the Indigenous people they studied
https://theconversation.com/a-billion-dollar-drug-was-found-in-easter-i…

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied
Cancer. Diabetes. Aging itself. Rapamycin’s potential to treat an array of diseases has been a source of scientific fascination. But many aren’t aware of its origins – and its complicated legacy.

"Brazil expands Indigenous territories as COP30 protests spotlight the stakes"
#Brazil #COP30 #ClimateSummit

Brazil expands Indigenous territories as COP30 protests spotlight the stakes | The Optimist Daily
Brazil recognizes 10 new Indigenous territories during COP30, strengthening land rights and offering hope for forest protection amid rising tensions.

Good Morning #Canada
Today we reach the end of the #CanadianCapitals series and I've left the Keystone Province for last. Manitoba, with IMO the best Premier and worst flag, has Winnipeg as its capital. The city lies at the junction of the Assiniboine River and the Red River, an historic focal point for canoe routes travelled by Aboriginal peoples for thousands of years. The fur trade brought forts, both British and French, and conflict amongst trappers and indigenous people. In 1869, the Hudson's Bay Company formally surrendered its charter rights over the western half of Canada, prompting Louis Riel to attempt a rebellion and become an independent territory before the Canadian government got organized. That ended badly for Louis and in 1870 Manitoba became a province with Winnipeg as its capital. A fun fact: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is Canada’s oldest dance company and also the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/winnipeg

Without wanting to detract from the main thrust of the article, I find the usage "new species" interestingly anthropocentric.
A new frog species emerges from Peru’s cloud forests — and it’s already at risk
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ne<…

A new frog species emerges from Peru’s cloud forests — and it’s already at risk
Deep within the cloud forests of the San Martín region of Peru lie two places so high, cold and remote that they remained virtually unexplored for decades. In 2022, and again in 2025, monitors from three Indigenous and local associations guided a team of scientists from Peru and France on a series of expeditions to […]

From David Suzuki
Expanding LNG will increase prices and pollution
Higher home heating prices. Pollution. Accelerating climate change. Water shortages. Indigenous rights violations. Who wants that? Apparently the obscenely profitable fossil fuel companies, and unimaginative, short-sighted governments banking on outdated ideas to shore up the economy.
Has industry lived up to its LNG promises? A David Suzuki Foundation report concludes that it hasn’t & isn’t likely to.

New open-access article in #acrel. Brett, Adam D. J., and Betty Hill. 2026. “ Examining the Doctrine of Discovery in Religion and Indigenous Studies,” Religion Compass: e70039. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec3.70039.…

All new roads lead to increased deforestation in Ecuador’s Indigenous territory https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/all-new-roads-lead-to-increased-deforestation-in-ecuadors-indigenous-territory/

All new roads lead to increased deforestation in Ecuador’s Indigenous territory
Between March and May 2025, at least eight children from the Achuar Indigenous community died of leptospirosis in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon. The disease is preventable with access to safe drinking water and timely treatment. But these two conditions are absent in Taisha, one of the poorest five cantons in Ecuador and the one with […]

What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples and efforts to protect them
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/know-uncontacted-indigenous-peoples-efforts-011528042.html

"What changed for deep-sea mining in 2025? Everything."
#DeepSeaMining
https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/w…

What changed for deep-sea mining in 2025? Everything.
Trump reshaped the industry this year, even as it faced opposition from the United Nations, scientists and Indigenous peoples.

Could you spare a minute for the world's forests? I've signed an open letter to Ed Miliband ahead of the UN climate talks in the Amazon.
It urges the UK government to champion Indigenous forest defenders and pass laws to stop UK businesses driving global deforestation.
It’s quick to sign and will make a real difference.
Read and sign here: h
ttps://action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/defend-our-forests-un-climate-talks

All we're asking is for y'all to catch up on some history so you understand what you're coming into. Even #NoKings grew from #50501Movement, which started as a decentralized protest before being taken over by the nonprofit industrial complex. Antifa networks were doxxing fash hard through the first Trump admin, but those networks go all the way back to the 80's... And they inherited an even older tradition. If you really want to get down to it, the whole "no kings" thing in Europe was at the very least heavily influenced by indigenous folks in the so-called Americas. There's a lot of history that's lead to this moment, and it's kind of all relevant to understanding how we got here and how we actually get out.

You know there's something suss when a local council takes time to indulge in this sort of culture war. Just what are they trying to distracted ratepayers attention from?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/aboriginal-torres-…

NSW council votes to stop flying Indigenous flags and enforce permissions for Welcome to Country
A mayor in southern NSW says removing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from council meeting chambers will "promote civic neutrality".

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
https://

News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social)
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm. The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now! Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows. FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

"Intensive indigenous farming in #Michigan ’s Upper Peninsula, USA" #archaeology #lidar

If you are trying to figure out the Cowichan Lands court ruling and what it means for private property, this article by the CBC's always-excellent court-reporter Jason Proctor, is, again, excellent.
This tidbit was particularly illuminating and should raise questions as to why we are in this state of 'panic' now:
"Back in 2017, Canada's Attorney General sought an order requiring the Quw'utsun to notify third-party homeowners, but the judge overseeing proceedings at the time rejected the application after the Quw'utsun said they weren't seeking title or possession of any private lands.
"However," Justice Jennifer Power wrote, "my decision does not prevent any of the defendants from providing informal notice to private landowners if they wish to do so.””
ie. Richmond, the Province, and others should have told the landowners not only that this court process was happening, but most importantly that *their property titles* were not being threatened!
#Indigenous #FirstNations #BCPoli #CanPoli #Reconciliation #Property
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cowichan-aboriginal-title-land-ownership-9.6965257

liars gotta lie! stop the lies Dallas!
https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/115571477279104286

Urban sprawl and illegal mining reshape a fragile Amazon frontier https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/illegal-mining-and-urban-sprawl-reshape-a-fragile-amazon-frontier/

Urban sprawl and illegal mining reshape a fragile Amazon frontier
MITÚ, Colombia — Beneath the rising sun, people from nearby Indigenous communities navigate across the Vaupés River in traditional wooden canoes toward Mitú, a rapidly expanding town in the Colombian Amazon. The canoes are packed with fish, plucked from the river’s tea-colored waters hours before, and produce, harvested from their traditional gardens. To reach the […]

"World’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve is one step closer to reality"
#Oceans #Environment

World’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve is one step closer to reality | The Optimist Daily
A visionary project blending Indigenous knowledge and science could create the first marine reserve led by Pacific Island nations.

Every Fall I shake my fist at the guy who, back in the ‘40s, planted ( or left in place?) the majestic soaring silver maples that ring my home.
They are named for the way they look at this time of year, when the leaves curl and show their grey undersides.
The name oversells the look.
Meanwhile, the rest of my block is doing the red/orange/yellow display of other sorts of less-indigenous maple (and other trees. )

As he approaches his final summit as the UN chief,
António Guterres reflects on
humanity’s progress in attempting to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels,
why Indigenous voices must be listened to
and how he remains positive in the face of the climate crisis.
https://…

‘We must change course’: a stark climate warning from the UN chief
Podcast Episode · Science Weekly · 11/04/2025 · 16m

Brazil Supreme Court strikes down Indigenous land time-limit doctrine for second time | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/brazil-supreme-court-strikes-down-indigenous-land-time-limit-doctrine-for-second-time/

New open-access article in #acrel. Brett, Adam D. J., and Betty Hill. 2026. “ Examining the Doctrine of Discovery in Religion and Indigenous Studies,” Religion Compass: e70039. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec3.70039.

Happy Leif Erickson Day to all who celebrate.
No I’m just kidding, happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and thank you for allowing me to share this magnificent land with you.

Maybe I'm in my own little info bubble but I find it hard to believe that 60% of Canadians would support a new pipeline from Alberta to the west coast. I was disappointed with Carney's negotiation/capitulation to Smith, and I think longterm it's a misstep by the Liberals. Indigenous People will fight it tooth and nail, and we should support them in that effort. B.C. doesn't want a new terminal on their coast. Demand for oil continues to drop and there's a real risk the pipeline is severely underused upon completion. Most of the money made from oil moving through this pipe will leave Canada. Canada's reputation is polluted with this announcement while the majority of countries continue to develop alternative energy solutions. I can understand the support from Alberta as the province doesn't appear to have a strategy for transitioning from an oil dependent economy. But who are the other Canadians that Angus Reid surveyed?
#CanPoli #Pipeline
https://youtu.be/3VISu7l6FhY?si=kgpadeUAXu8DC5uP

Efforts to repress climate and environmental protest are growing worldwide
through a combination of new legislation,
novel uses of existing legal processes,
police actions,
vilification of activists,
and both violence and killings.
Acts of repression are likely to expand and intensify
as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies,
with a particular focus on Trump’s actions in office
criminalizing protest,
increasing police po…

Here's the global playbook being used to crack down on climate protest
A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk.

"Governments commit to recognizing 160 million hectares of Indigenous land"
#Environment #Nature

Governments commit to recognizing 160 million hectares of Indigenous land
The governments of nine tropical countries recently made a joint pledge to recognize 160 million hectares, or 395 million acres, of Indigenous and other traditional lands by 2030, according to a Nov. 7 announcement at the World Leaders Summit, an event hosted ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil. The Intergovernmental Land Tenure […]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Neon Nativez:
🎵 Sacred Indigenous (feat. Cher Thomas)
#NeonNativez
https://open.spotify.com/track/2xzWZgiMmiXUW9eX8D7HyO

Mongabay's environmental journalism packed a serious punch in 2025.
Their reporting exposed illegal Amazon activities, spotlighted conservation wins in Colombia and Mexico, and tackled wildlife trafficking. The impact? Real indictments in Brazil, policy recommendations, and action from major orgs like WWF.
Over 870 documented impacts—all empowering communities to protect their land and ecosystems.

How Mongabay's journalism made an impact in 2025
The guiding star at Mongabay isn’t pageviews or clicks; it’s meaningful impact. As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at some of the ways Mongabay’s journalism made a difference this year. Empowering Indigenous and local communities A Mongabay Latam investigation found 67 illegal airstrips were cut into the Peruvian Amazon to transport drugs, […]

Has anyone seen in an article the full complete list of artifacts being returned and which Nation they belong to?
https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/kitchener-q0c2oi5az/-/a-L8ja728ETmOvwWyO7_wAOQ:a:2823982346-/0

Child harm/death mention; Columbus
On Indigenous People's Day here in America, it's a great time to:
1. Remember that Columbus was a monster. Anyone who feeds toddlers to dogs actually deserves to burn in hell for eternity. Nothing else about this man should be remembered before this fact.
2. If you're in a colonized country, check out the website(s) for your local indigenous tribe (s) to remind yourself that they're still here. For me, that includes #LandBack, etc.
Me, I'm hopeful for a future in which the US is a distant memory and the hundreds of surviving nations on this territory flourish like budding plants after the winter snow.

Queer As... A Podcast
we're yarning with queer Indigenous artists and creative practitioners about their work across the public imaginary...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/queer-as-a-podcast/

New book on the history of McGill University - written and edited by historians, not the university's comms department. I wrote a chapter on how Indigenous dispossession and colonial politicians saved McGill when it was in danger of going broke. Others cover McGill's ties to chattel slavery, Japanese exclusion, research of various sorts, student lives, queer experiences, and more.
Check it out:

On January 1, 1994,
Indigenous peoples from #Chiapas, Mexico, rose up.
They took control of city halls in towns across the state.
They took the state capital #San #Cristobal

The 1994 Zapatista Uprising: Resisting NAFTA and corporate capitalism
The Zapatistas rose up on January 1, 1994, just over three decades ago. They remain an inspiration for social movements, communities, and individuals seeking change around the world. This is episode 83 of Stories of Resistance.

After #Trump finally crashes and burns (I'm still saying I don't think he makes it to the mid terms, and I think it's more than possible he won't make it to the end of the year) we'll hear a lot of people say, "the system worked!" Today people are already talking about "saving democracy" by fighting back. This will become a big rally cry to vote (for Democrats, specifically), and the complete failure of the system will be held up as the best evidence for even greater investment in it.
I just want to point out that American democracy gave nuclear weapons to a pedophile, who, before being elected was already a well known sexual predator, and who made the campaign promise to commit genocide. He then preceded to commit genocide. And like, I don't care that he's "only" kidnaped and disappeared a few thousand brown people. That's still genocide. Even if you don't kill every member of a targeted group, any attempt to do so is still "committing genocide." Trump said he would commit genocide, then he hired all the "let's go do a race war" guys he could find and *paid* them to go do a race war. And, even now as this deranged monster is crashing out, he is still authorized to use the world's largest nuclear arsenal.
He committed genocide during his first term when his administration separated migrant parents and children, then adopted those children out to other parents. That's technically genocide. The point was to destroy the very people been sending right wing terror squads after.
There was a peaceful hand over of power to a known Russian asset *twice*, and the second time he'd already committed *at least one* act of genocide *and* destroyed cultural heritage sites (oh yeah, he also destroyed indigenous grave sites, in case you forgot, during his first term).
All of this was allowed because the system is set up to protect exactly these types of people, because *exactly* these types of people are *the entire power structure*.
Going back to that system means going back to exactly the system that gave nuclear weapons to a pedophile *TWICE*.
I'm already seeing the attempts to pull people back, the congratulations as we enter the final phase, the belief that getting Trump out will let us all get back to normal. Normal. The normal that lead here in the first place. I can already see the brunch reservations being made. When Trump is over, we will be told we won. We will be told that it's time to go back to sleep.
When they tell you everything worked, everything is better, that we can stop because we won, tell them "fuck you! Never again means never again." Destroy every system that ever gave these people power, that ever protected them from consequences, that ever let them hide what they were doing.
These democrats funded a genocide abroad and laid the groundwork for genocide at home. They protected these predators, for years. The whole power structure is guilty. As these files implicate so many powerful people, they're trying to shove everything back in the box. After all the suffering, after we've finally made it clear that we are the once with the power, only now they're willing to sacrifice Trump to calm us all down.
No, that's a good start but it can't be the end.
Winning can't be enough to quench that rage. Keep it burning. When this is over, let victory fan that anger until every institution that made this possible lies in ashes. Burn it all down and salt the earth. Taking down Trump is a great start, but it's not time to give up until this isn't possible again.
#USPol

According to federal and tribal data, about 5,700 Native American girls are reported missing every year.
The disappearances of Native American women — many of whom are presumed murdered, raped or trafficked — receive only a modicum of media attention,
barely registering in public consciousness.
Yet the crisis is so widespread that it has its own acronym — MMIP, “Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons.”

The Survivors We Still Refuse to See
Epstein victims deserve spotlight. So do 5,700 Native women and girls reported missing each year

The Quw’utsun (Cowichan) First Nation was exactly right in 2017:
""We don’t want to argue about settlers' interests versus First Nations' interests — we want to argue about what the Crown did wrong.””
They knew that if the case was framed as ‘taking over private property rights’, that it would be politicized and a lightning rod for racism and misinformation when that was not the point of their claim, which was against the Crown.
""It would be wrong. It’s wrong morally, it’s wrong legally. It’s pitting interests against each other when the person who caused the problem is the Crown.””
Another excellent report from CBC's Jason Proctor.
#FirstNations #Cowichan #PrivateProperty #Indigenous #RightsandTitle #Land

📝 New open-access article in #acrel. Brett, Adam D. J., and Betty Hill. 2026. “ Examining the Doctrine of Discovery in Religion and Indigenous Studies,” Religion Compass: e70039. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec3.70039.

"World’s Largest Solar Panel Mural Powers Canadian Building While Cutting 150 Tons of Carbon Annually"
#Canada #SolarPower #Energy

World’s Largest Solar Panel Mural Powers Canadian Building While Cutting 150 Tons of Carbon Annually | Happy Eco News
Edmonton’s SunRise Building features the world’s largest solar panel mural, covering 34,500 square feet with colorful building-integrated photovoltaics. The installation generates 267 kilowatts of clean power, cuts 150 tons of CO₂ annually, and saves residents money while combining Indigenous art, sustainable technology, and cultural pride in one striking landmark project.

Deforestation climbs in Central America’s largest biosphere reserve https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/deforestation-climbs-in-central-americas-largest-biosphere-reserve/

Deforestation climbs in Central America’s largest biosphere reserve
Encompassing some 7,400 square kilometers, or 2,860 square miles, along the Honduran border, Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve is the largest biosphere reserve in Central America. It’s home to the Miskito and Mayanga Indigenous groups as well as countless species; endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) and Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) inhabit Bosawas, as do critically […]

A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees - Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22112025/tropical-forest-fund-protects-trees/

Cop30 live:
‘If we continue destroying everything on this earth there will be chaos,’
warns Indigenous chief
Earlier on day five of the climate summit, activists blockaded the main entrance demanding to speak to the Brazilian president
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Join us for the 6th Annual 'Rethinking Thanksgiving' webinar!
Date: Sunday, Nov 23 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT
Theme: "Colonialism is the Problem, Solidarity is the Answer"
Register: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking
ASL, Spanish Interpretation and live captions in English.
This is a free event. It is a fundraiser and donations will be accepted. The event will be recorded, so if you cannot attend live, register and the recording will be sent to you.
Join us to challenge the legacy of the ‘thanksgiving’ holiday. We will discuss how to collectively work together to confront colonialism and defend Mother Earth.
¡Únase a nosotros en el Sexto Webinario Anual ‘Repensando el Día de Acción de Gracias’!
Fecha: domingo, 23 de noviembre, a las 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
Tema: “El Colonialismo es el Problema, la Solidaridad es la Respuesta”.
Inscríbase: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking.
Interpretación en lengua de señas americana (ASL) y español, y subtítulos en vivo en inglés.
Este es un evento gratuito. Se trata de una recaudación de fondos y se aceptaršn donaciones. El evento se grabarš, por lo que si no puede asistir en directo, inscríbase y se le enviarš la grabación.
Únase a nosotros para cuestionar el legado de la festividad de “Acción de Gracias”. Dialogaremos de cómo trabajar juntos colectivamente para hacer frente al colonialismo y defender la Madre Tierra.
Sponsors/Patrocinadores: Tonatierra; Indigenous Solidarity Network; Catalyst Project; Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ); American Indian Law Alliance; Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action; Honor the Earth; 350.org; Spirit of Mandela, Christians for a Free Palestine; Sudan Solidarity Collective; Anticolonial Arrivants; Land Justice Futures; Westchester for Palestine.

Just finished "Dreams from Many Rivers" by Margarita Engle. It's a Latin-American history of the United States, written in poems that take on the points of view of a number of both fictional and actual people. It starts with the arrival of Spanish colonists in Puerto Rico, which was in fact the first part of the present-day States to experience European colonialism.
Its super informative and a great read to appreciate the complexities of history that ICE and the US white supremacist movement are trying to sweep under the rug. Like how the fuck do you deport a person whose indigenous and then Mexican ancestors lived in Arizona for centuries but now that it's claimed by the US since they speak Spanish they're "foreign."
It's a pretty quick read since it's a lot of short poems, and it's got lovely illustrations by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez.
#AmReading #ReadingNow

Communities in the DRC are building something remarkable: a 1-million-hectare biodiversity corridor connecting two major protected areas.
Strong Roots Congo has already secured 23 community forest concessions covering nearly 600,000 hectares. The project does double duty—allowing wildlife to move safely between habitats while supporting local livelihoods and protecting Indigenous peoples from land grabbing.

Congo’s communities are creating a 1-million-hectare biodiversity corridor
Dominique Bikaba’s family was once displaced from vibrant rainforests in the Congo Basin to make way for a sweeping national park. Today, a conservationist who also champions the protection of endangered gorillas in these forests, Bikaba is embarking on a journey to conserve this ecosystem — in a way he says is more just. His […]

📝 Join us for the 6th Annual 'Rethinking Thanksgiving' webinar!
Date: Sunday, Nov 23 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT
Theme: "Colonialism is the Problem, Solidarity is the Answer"
Register: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking
ASL, Spanish Interpretation and live captions in English.
This is a free event. It is a fundraiser and donations will be accepted. The event will be recorded, so if you cannot attend live, register and the recording will be sent to you.
Join us to challenge the legacy of the ‘thanksgiving’ holiday. We will discuss how to collectively work together to confront colonialism and defend Mother Earth.
¡Únase a nosotros en el Sexto Webinario Anual ‘Repensando el Día de Acción de Gracias’!
Fecha: domingo, 23 de noviembre, a las 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
Tema: “El Colonialismo es el Problema, la Solidaridad es la Respuesta”.
Inscríbase: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking.
Interpretación en lengua de señas americana (ASL) y español, y subtítulos en vivo en inglés.
Este es un evento gratuito. Se trata de una recaudación de fondos y se aceptaršn donaciones. El evento se grabarš, por lo que si no puede asistir en directo, inscríbase y se le enviarš la grabación.
Únase a nosotros para cuestionar el legado de la festividad de “Acción de Gracias”. Dialogaremos de cómo trabajar juntos colectivamente para hacer frente al colonialismo y defender la Madre Tierra.
Sponsors/Patrocinadores: Tonatierra; Indigenous Solidarity Network; Catalyst Project; Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ); American Indian Law Alliance; Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action; Honor the Earth; 350.org; Spirit of Mandela, Christians for a Free Palestine; Sudan Solidarity Collective; Anticolonial Arrivants; Land Justice Futures; Westchester for Palestine.
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This week, public power is stepping up.
Great British Energy is targeting 15 GW of wind, solar and storage by 2030. New York's NYPA is building 5.5 GW of renewables. Bolivia launched its first Indigenous protected area with forest monitoring. Tennessee turned a former farm into Middle Fork Bottoms State Park, reconnecting floodplains to reduce flooding.
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Welcome This week feels like work and wonder at once. Night comes early in the north and the Geminids begin to stitch bright threads across the cold sky. Far south, heat lifts and cicadas test their summer chorus. In that split screen of seasons, our stories settle on two steady

Oh look... LNG doesn't make Earthquake disaster response easier either!
page 82:
“Energy”
The initial earthquake and ongoing aftershocks cause extensive damage to power plants, transmission lines and
substations, leading to prolonged power outages across the region. Damage is also likely to impact major fuel processing and storage locations and LNG refining sites, which are coastal based. These include two Indigenous-led LNG projects (Ksi Lisims and Cedar— Nisga’a and Haisla).”
#BCPoli #Earthquake #CanPoli #ClimateRisk #ClimateEmergency

Climate funding isn't reaching the people who need it most. The Global South House is changing that.
This coalition of locally rooted funds puts Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, and youth at the center of decision-making. Their approach: democratic, transparent, and built from the ground up—ensuring resources actually reach frontline communities.

Interview: Putting global South communities at the centre of climate and nature funding conversations
As COP30 kicks off, Juliana Tinoco, who conceived the idea of the Global South House, a platform for philanthropic actors, sets out her ambition for the platform and the stronger global South leadership she hopes will come out of it

Nominated as best Italian historical figure ( to replace Columbus on Indigenous Peoples Day)
https://bsky.app/profile/jlu4812.bsky.social/post/3m33srjo3kc2s

👀 Browsing The Urgency of Indigenous Values - Reading Religion (https://readingreligion.org/9780815638087/the-urgency-of-indigenous-values/).

Good Morning #Canada
If you haven't been living in a cave this week, you know that the #NorthernLights were putting on a show across Canada. As you know, a solar eruption sends billions of tons of superheated plasma into space and traveling at more than 45 million miles per hour it can reach Earth in less than a day. That plasma, drawn towards the magnetic pole, interacts with our atmosphere, and we get a spectacular light show. The Aurora Borealis, named by Italian astronomer Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, is not unique to Canada, but so much of our land is in the Northern Hemisphere that most Canadians have the opportunity to experience it. This is particularly true in the Northwest Territories, where the Northern Lights are visible for 240 days every year on average. The phenomenon has a special meaning for Indigenous Canadians, some of whom believe it shows them ancestors dancing in the sky.
#CanadaIsAwesome #GetOutside
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-indigenous-traditional-knowledge-is-improving-our-understanding-of-aurora-borealis-1.7414899

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
2 8 tha Native, Def-i, Deserae Harp:
🎵 Cuz We're Indigenous
#28thaNative #Defi #DeseraeHarp

Good Morning #Canada
I finished my breakfast this morning only to discover that it's National Maple Syrup Day. A missed opportunity but at least I can share some important facts about Canada's sweet and sticky sauce.
- Indigenous People taught early Canadians how to harvest maple sap and boil it down into a sugary liquid.
- A maple tree can yield sap for up to 100 years, but the trees must be roughly 45 years old before it’s first tapped for syrup making.
- It takes roughly 40 gallons (150 litres) of tree sap to produce 1 gallon (3.8 litres) of syrup.
- Quebec produces 72% of the world’s maple syrup. In 2021, that equaled 133M lbs from Quebec.
- The big bottle of Costco Maple Syrup is from Quebec.
- Maple Syrup only has 1 ingredient. Sap.
- Maple Syrup has an indefinite shelf life but should be frozen if storing for more than 2 years.
And regarding the great Maple Syrup heist, this is still the best report on that famous crime.
#CanadaIsAwesome #MmmmSyrup #MapleSyrup
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/maple-syrup-heist?srsltid=AfmBOoq7fMx3GguT20T9cNrpZgrtVue4leiYZpZibZT_7S9WHWDfI0Ln

📝 📢 Join us November 18, 6:30 PM EST for Unraveling the Roots of Colonization in New York State — a benefit for the #LandBack return of Onondaga Lake.
We’ll explore how colonial legal doctrines still impact Indigenous lands today and hear from Onondaga Nation leaders.
📍 New York Society for Ethical Culture, NYC
💵 Tickets & donations support the #Lakeback campaign to return Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation.
🔗 Learn more or register / donate: #IndigenousRights #LandBack #OnondagaNation
!Unraveling the Roots of Colonization in New York State event flyer (https://cdn.some.pics/adjb/690fd030a2fd9.png)

Now #TheAmericanFascist has appointed an 'envoy' to help convince Greenlanders to ditch Denmark and join the USA. Denmark is shocked and angered, as they should be. Greenlanders are wholly opposed.
There is poetic irony of a Louisiana politician being tapped to lead a "Greenland Purchase" by America. I very much doubt the result will be the same. But there are some interesting parallels.
Lousisiana Purchase (1808)
a) Made possible by squabbles and warring in Europe.
b) involved purchase of 2.14 million km2 of North America for $380 Million in 2024 dollars. Greenland is 2.17 million km2.
It's difficult to fathom just how undervalued the Louisana Purchase was...nevermind the whole — selling Indigenous Lands without Treaty — issue. But hey... that would be another parallel with today's Inuit and Greenland Peoples.
Back in the modern context, America's Fascists just want to do Fascist things like take over sovereign countries and oppress nations, not unlike Hitler, the Kaiser's Germany, the Napoleans, Imperial Britain, Conquistador-ist Spain, and Tsarist-Stalinist-Putinist Russia.
This all needs to be kept -- forefully if need be -- in the past. We cannot allow these regressive dictators to come back.
He must be stopped.
United States of America!
Americans!
Stop prancing around with Christmas presents as if nothing is happening and DEPOSE YOUR PRESIDENT ffs! This is ON YOU first and foremost!!
#USAPoli #Denmark #Canada #Imperialism #TheWorld #UN #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Louisiana #LouisianaPurchase #Greenland
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgmd132ge4o