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Ancient DNA gives new insights into ‘lost’ Indigenous people of Uruguay

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 - by cmedia

The first whole genome sequences of the ancient people of Uruguay provide a genetic snapshot of Indigenous populations of the region before they were decimated by a series of European …

Canada / Indigenous

Statistics Canada 2021 census data reveals first time the number of trans, non-binary people

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 - by cmedia

Ottawa/CMEDIA: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census of Population included for the first time a question on gender at birth, allowing all cisgender, transgender, and non-binary individuals to report their gender. Canada is …

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Extractive projects cause irreparable harm to indigenous cultures, languages, lives, speakers tell Permanent Forum

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 - by cmedia

New York The explosive growth of extractive operations around the world often plays out on indigenous people’s lands without their consent, causing irreparable harm to their livelihoods, cultures, languages, and …

Canada/US / Indigenous / Science / Travel/Tourism

Calgary students develop a way for ATVs to run on renewable energy

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 - by cmedia

Calgary/CMEDIA: Conversion of all-terrain vehicles to solar power has been figured out by some engineering students in Calgary and hope it will benefit Indigenous and remote communities in Canada’s North. …

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U.S. Indigenous boarding-school probe follows Pope’s apology in Canada

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 - by cmedia

Washington/CMEDIA: Following a Pope’s apology and the historic moment of healing for Indigenous Peoples in Canada, a federal report on residential schools is being anxiously awaited by their counterparts in …

Humanitarian / Indigenous

‘Unbox Me’ campaign gives visibility to the lives of transgender children

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 - by cmedia

A new UN initiative aims to promote greater inclusion and acceptance of transgender children, and to advocate for their rights. The Unbox Me campaign was launched by UNAIDS ahead of the International Transgender Day …

Canada/US / Indigenous

Federal official block residential school survivor group’s request to identify missing children

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 - by cmedia

CMEDIA: A residential school survivor’s organization seeking access to 100-year-old records to identify four children who died at the Shingwauk and Wawanosh residential schools in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. in …

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Canada’s Indigenous delegates meet with Pope in Rome, seek apology for Catholic Church’s role

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 - by cmedia

CMEDIA: A total of 32 delegates representing the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities alongside family members and other Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors have traveled to Rome for …

Canada/US / Indigenous

Canada’s National Film Board announces distribution path for film ‘Inconvenient Indian’

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 - by cmedia

CMEDIA: A series of meaningful consultations between the National Film Board of Canada’s Indigenous Advisory Committee, the NFB, 90th Parallel Productions, and producer Jesse Wente resulted in not only acknowledging the collective contribution of …

Canada/US / Indigenous / Politics

Canada should respect indigenous fundamental rights, amend their discriminatory Indian Act

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 - by cmedia

New York/Cmedia: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called on Thursday, for Canada to fully address long-standing gender-based discrimination in its Indian Act, which continues …