A Dam Brings Food Insecurity to Indigenous People
Along its 760-kilometer course, from the Shewan highlands in southern Ethiopia, down to Lake Turkana in Kenya, the Omo River supports half a million Indigenous People from more than two dozen different...
View ArticleFirst Peoples Worldwide to Participate in the 2012 Poverty Action Conference
Indigenous peoples make up about 4.5% of the world’s population – yet 10% of the world’s poor are Indigenous peoples. First Peoples Worldwide is excited and honored to be a part of this year’s Poverty...
View ArticleGrants from First Peoples Worldwide
First Peoples Worldwide operates a small-grants program called the Keepers of the Earth Fund. The fund supports strategies that address culturally appropriate Indigenous development, including land use...
View ArticlePoverty Action Conference: Registration Deadline is Fast Approaching!
By: Katie Cheney The second-annual Poverty Action Conference, where innovative students meet development experts, will take place this October 5-6 at the University of Mary Washington. Neva Morrison,...
View ArticleJoin the Online Discussion on Indigenous Peoples & Inequalities Hosted by the UN
by Altaire Cambata The Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities (co-led by UNICEF and UN Women) is hosting a round of online, moderated discussions that will be open to the public...
View ArticleSite of Wounded Knee Massacre for Sale
By Britnae Purdy On December 29, 1890, the United States 7th Cavalry indiscriminately open fired on a band of Miniconjou and Hunkpapa Lakota near Wounded Knee Creek (Chankwe Opi Wakpala in Lakota)...
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