The Truths of the “COP of Truth”: Perspectives from Indigenous Youth

The End of COP30 in Brazil: Indigenous Peoples and Multilateralism

Indigenous Peoples represent one of the most significant multilateral and democratic contributions to climate and land issues, as they are the frontliners of the climate crisis, leaders in ecosystem protection, legal land tenure, and sustainable development. However, at the COP, they struggled to be heard.  Read more. 

Despite Record Indigenous Presence at Brazil COP30 Climate Summit Sparks Frustration Over Exclusion

This year’s major global climate meeting, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), was held in Belém, Brazil, the gateway to the Amazon. Read more.  En español.

Vale Nickel Mining Threatens the Existence of the Xikrin Peoples in the COP30 Region

The Xikrin Peoples face severe humanitarian and environmental crises as Vale’s nickel and other metal mining contaminates their rivers, harms their health, and destroys their ancestral territory, endangering their cultural survival and the environmental integrity of the region. Read more.

Moving Past Land Acknowledgment Into Lasting Impact: Honoring Native American Heritage Month

Native Chefs to Follow

Food is a living expression of culture, memory, and identity. Across Native American nations, it remains a powerful act of resistance and reclamation. Read more.

Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Mitigation

When I think about climate disasters—the floods, the storms, the fires—I don’t just see headlines. Read more. 

Impunity and Indigeneity: Renewed Violence and Denial in Bangladesh’s Hill Tracts

The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in southeastern Bangladesh, home to 13 Indigenous communities, has long carried the weight of unhealed wounds. Read more. 

Funding Stories: How Cultural Survival Helped Empower Indigenous Youth Voices

In October 2024, 20 Indigenous youth from mining-affected communities across the Philippines gathered in Quezon City for a life-changing experience: the Empowering Indigenous Voices: ATM Youth Network Journalism Camp. Read more.

Indigenous Weaving and the Women Who Keep Culture Alive

In the quiet courtyards across the hills of southeastern Bangladesh, the soft clack of the loom can still be heard. Read more.

Finding Home Among the Nama: A Journey of Ancestral Reconnections in Gibeon and Pella

In the early hours on a Friday morning, our bus rolled quietly into the small town of Gibeon, Namibia. The air was heavy and warm, nearly 30º Celsius (86º F) even before sunrise. Read more. 

U’ywe’sx Çxhaçxha Yaakxsaa: Nasa Women Resisting the Violence of Disappearance in Colombia

In a rural area of ​​Colombia’s central mountain range, Carmen Rosa Piamba (Nasa) prepares to leave her home in Caldono, a town surrounded by mountains and coffee plantations in the department of Cauca.  Read more. En español.

Karamoja's Path to Peace: From Cattle Raids to Regenerative Agriculture in Uganda

“We were raised as warriors. It’s part of our culture, but there has been too much bloodshed. Now, we fight for peace,” says Simonpeter, a young ex-combatant from the Jie ethnic group, known as Karachuna in the local language. Read more.

Indigenous Youth Fellow Spotlight: 

Indigenous Youth Heal the Land, Defend Life, and Weave the Future from Their Roots

In the living hearts of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Andean mountains of Jujuy, and the arid landscapes of Colombia’s Upper Guajira, three seeds of hope and dignity sprouted in 2024 — nurtured with courage by Indigenous youth who chose to tell their own stories, protect their ancestral memory, and defend the life that inhabits their territories.  Read more.  En español.

Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:

Maasai Women Gain Voice and Rights Through Community Radio Project

A recent initiative by Orkonerei FM Radio has empowered Maasai women in Tanzania to fight for their rights, challenge gender inequality, and take control of their economic futures. Read more. 

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