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New York (CNN) — Americans celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day on the second Monday of October each year.

Miskito leader Carlos Hendy Thomas accused Nicaragua's regime of killing Indigenous leaders and laying siege to Miskito communities in the Atlantic region

Lakeland University will screen 1996 graduate Shannon Kring's award-winning documentary 'End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock.'

Within the first 15 seconds of his victory speech in May 2022, newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese forewarned the country of the next big vote.

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, one of humanity's most coveted accolades, is made public Follow here for the latest.

The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in Norway on Friday, as Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine rages on and other flashpoints threaten to ignite across the globe.

In this dusty corner of the Outback, Tarna Andrews sat in the local schoolyard and rolled off a catalogue of problems afflicting her largely Indigenous community: Lack of jobs. Andrews has spent 38 years teaching in this tiny settlement, where dogs roam red-dirt streets some 220 km from the nearest large town, Alice Springs. "We don't see people coming from the government, coming and talking about what we need," Andrews, who is Indigenous, said in an interview.

Civil society activists face legal proceedings, jail sentence, travel bans and threats for cooperating with UN’s rights

Musician Fred Leone sings traditional songs to the steady beat of clap sticks that echo through the empty streets as the sun rises on what he calls a "hard day for Blackfellas."

FBI personnel have surged to tribal lands across the United States in past months to help solve violent crimes and cold cases impacting Native Americans, the agency told CNN in an exclusive interview.