Indigenous-Led Movements

Indigenous peoples in Paramaribo streets

March 1, 2021

Indigenous Peoples in Suriname Intensify Struggle for their Rights

By Max Ooft

Suriname is the only country in the Americas with Indigenous peoples and also Maroon tribal peoples, that has no comprehensive legislation on the rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.

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A young man carries an elder on his back through the jungle

February 1, 2021

Indigenous Advocacy Leads to Early Vaccination in Remote Territories

By John Reid, Senior Economist and Partnership Lead, Nia Tero

Brazil has drawn attention for the collapse of the Manaus’ hospitals, overwhelmed by waves of COVID-19, and for the plague denial and anti-Indigenous posture of the country’s president.

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Colombian amazon Indigenous Peoples dancing

January 1, 2021

Indigenous Peoples Take Action in the Colombian Amazon

By David Rothschild, Senior Partnership Lead, Nia Tero

OPIAC, created in 1995, champions the struggle for the recognition and defense of human and territorial rights, conservation of biodiversity, and autonomous self-development of the Indigenous peoples of the region.

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Pacific peoples forum northern pacific recap

June 19, 2020

Pacific Peoples Forum - Northern Pacific Recap

In February 2020, Nia Tero hosted the second Moana Pasifik People’s Forum in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

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A man, Justyn ah Chong, uses camera to film a women pouring water over plants in traditional dress

May 29, 2020

4th World Media Lab Fellow - Justyn Ah Chong

A highlight of Kanaka Maoli filmmaker Justyn Ah Chong in respect to his creative process as he celebrates and honors his Hawaiian community through storytelling.

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Laiana Kanoa Wong

May 15, 2020

Pacific Peoples Forum - Lãiana Kanoa-Wong

In February 2020, Nia Tero hosted the second Moana Pasifik People’s Forum in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

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