News

Atleo elected new AFN chief (The Globe and Mail)

Shawn Atleo has been elected as the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations after an eighth ballot. His rival, Perry Bellegarde, the former leader of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, conceded...

23 July, 2009

Govt may support rights plan (The New Zealand Herald)

The Government will endorse a United Nations declaration on indigenous people's rights only if it does not trump New Zealand's constitutional framework and law, Justice Minister Simon Power says...

23 July, 2009

Taiwan aboriginals lament losing identity to modernity (Reuters)

At a harvest festival harking back to ancient times, aboriginals from Taiwan's largest indigenous tribe wear traditional ornaments over polo shirts and sing songs to their ancestors through a microphone...

20 July, 2009