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Aborigines have ‘worst’ life expectancy (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Australia's Aborigines have the worst life expectancy rates of any indigenous population in the world, a United Nations report says. But it's not news to Aboriginal health experts. They say it simply confirms what Australian health services have known for years. Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance...

15 January, 2010

Environment jobs vital for Aborigines, says UN study (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Aborigines need access to jobs in the environment sector if they are to benefit from any global attempt to curb climate change, says the author of a UN report out today. The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples says climate change hurts indigenous people disproportionately,...

15 January, 2010

Chile apologies over treatment of indigenous peoples (BBC)

Chile's president has apologised to the descendants of a group of indigenous people who were shipped to Europe in the late 19th Century and exhibited. The remains of five Kawesqar Indians, from the country's southernmost region, were honoured in a ceremony after being flown back...

12 January, 2010