Dramatic moment young indigenous woman risks her life trying to cross a raging river after collapse of only bridge linking her tribe to the rest of the world The dilapidated footbridge over the Qguita River in Colombia was washed away It has left 2,000 members of the Embera Chami tribe cut off from a nearby … Read more
‘You’ve made so many of us so proud’: Today presenter Brooke Boney congratulates Wiradjuri woman Olivia Fox for indigenous rendition of national anthem at Tri Nations game Indigenous rendition of Advance Australia Far left rugby fans with goosebumps at the Tri Nations rugby union game on Saturday night Wiradjuri woman Olivia Fox sung the Australian … Read more
CBS says at least half of casts of reality shows including Survivor, Big Brother and Love Island will be Black, Indigenous and people of color By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 02:32 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 02:32 GMT, 10 November 2020 CBS said on Monday that at least half of the casts for its unscripted … Read more
‘He hasn’t learnt’: Indigenous rapper Briggs says Chris Lilley needs to ‘accept the ramifications’ of his controversial blackface sketches… after four of the comedian’s shows were removed from Netflix By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:21 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 08:21 BST, 29 September 2020 Indigenous rapper Briggs has sensationally hit … Read more
A leading expert on Amazon tribes was shot dead with an arrow fired by indigenous people while approaching them in a remote area of Brazil. Rieli Franciscato, 56, was the head of a programme to protect indigenous groups that have little or no contact with the outside world. He died on Wednesday in the Seringueiras … Read more
Paul McCartney could become CHIEF of indigenous Canadian island after being nominated to be the new leader just weeks before election By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 14:40 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 14:40 BST, 11 August 2020 Sir Paul McCartney could become the next chief of an indigenous Canadian island after he was … Read more
‘I went home in tears’: Bachelor in Paradise’s Renee Barrett opens up about facing racism and being bullied in school as an Indigenous woman By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:21 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 09:21 BST, 7 August 2020 Bachelor in Paradise star Renne Barrett has opened up about her … Read more
Aboriginal Australians settled in the continent’s Riverland region 22,000 years earlier than previously thought, radiocarbon dating of ancient seafood remains reveals. The dated shell middens – remnants of ‘meals eaten long ago’ – capture a record of Aboriginal occupation that goes back 29,000 years in the Katarapko Riverland Floodplains, South Australia. They had to deal … Read more
An Aboriginal activist and former MP wants the state of Victoria to change its name under a new treaty with Australia’s First People. Lidia Thorpe, who represented the Greens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2017 and 2018, is calling for the change because the state is named after British Empire ruler Queen Victoria. ‘Anything … Read more
‘Priceless’ Mayan wall paintings discovered in a house in Guatemala blend indigenous techniques with colonial-era Spanish motifs, researchers have revealed. The artworks — thought to date back to around 1524–1821 AD — were first uncovered in 2003 during renovations of the property, which lies in the town of Chajul. Wall art from this period is normally … Read more