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Indonesia judge to mediate over Freeport lawsuit (Reuters)

An Indonesian court has appointed a judge to seek a mediated settlement in a $30 billion lawsuit filed by a Papuan tribe against a unit of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX.N) over alleged damage from mining, a court official said...

07 August, 2009

Aboriginal day school survivors sue federal government: Plaintiffs who say they suffered similar abuse hope Ottawa will include them in the residential school agreement (The Globe and Mail)

Gary McLean says that when he was seven years old and could not speak English, he was forced to attend Dog Creek Indian Day School. His older siblings taught him how to ask to go to the bathroom in English, but he says that didn't...

07 August, 2009

Bolivian Indians in historic step (BBC)

The Bolivian government has begun implementing provisions outlined in the new constitution that give indigenous people the chance to govern themselves. President Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous leader, enacted a decree setting out the conditions for Indian communities to hold votes on autonomy...

03 August, 2009