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Saguaro National Park (États-Unis) (AFP) - When Raeshaun Ramon first donned the distinctive green and gray uniform of a US National Park Service ranger, he feared his Native American tribe would judge him for his choice. As a member of the Tohono O'odham nation, he didn't want to talk too much about his new job at Saguaro National Park in Arizona. "I was afraid of what my people might think of me," the 28-year-old confides. "Why work for a place that has done us so much harm in the past?" Most national parks were set up in areas that are Indigenous ancestral lands. From the 19th century onward...
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Screen shot of the Global Coalition for Language Rights website. While over7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, about half are under threat of extinction or severely endangered, as power relations among languages are far from equal. Many languages require their users to actively work to pass it on to the next generation, the only guarantee they can survive in the future. To highlight some of those preservation and revitalization initiatives, Global Voices talked to Gerald Roche, an Associate Professor of Politics at La Trobe University in Australia, who is not only a Tibet expert, but also an...
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Indigenous peoples protest and camp in Brasilia, Brazil, April 2024. Photo by Kamikia/Apib, used with permission. A group of Indigenous peoples from the south of Brazil traveled by bus to the capital, Brasília, and camped in front of federal government buildings to pressure for the demarcation of Indigenous territories. Among them, there were representatives of ethnicities such as Kaingang, Guarani, Xetá, and Xokleng. The president was Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the year was 2004, the second of his first term. Twenty years later, the group that started out with around 60 people had grown t...
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A playground in the West Bank. Picture taken by Justin McIntosh, August 2004. Wikimedia Commons. (CC-BY-2.0). Since Israel's latest aggression on Gaza began in October — described as “a mass assassination factory” — the literal and actual dehumanization of Palestinians has intensified. UNICEF has labeled Gaza “a graveyard for children” and “a living hell,” as a result of Israel's severe and unrelenting attacks. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese referred to the ‘deliberate unchilding from birth’ of Palestinians under Israel’s “forever occupation” which has caused “never-ending harm” to t...
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Indonesian military forces during a parade in 2019. Image via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0 DEED. The original version of this post was written by Girard Lopez and published in New Bloom on April 16, 2023. The following edited version is published on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. In early March 2024, the Indonesian internet and its online periphery would be rocked by a shocking video: A Papuan native seemingly detained in a bucket of water and being punched excessively by what appears to be Indonesian military forces. Then, another soldier is seen mercilessly slashing the P...
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Screenshot from Indigenous Bridges YouTube channel. As a country that experienced successive waves of colonization against a diverse Indigenous population, Taiwan is a multilingual society, but power relations among languages are far from equal. Originally inhabited by Austronesian tribes, of whom 16 are recognized today, Taiwan initially spoke Formosan languages, part of the Austronesian family. Successive Dutch, Spanish), and Japanese) colonization imposed other languages. Massive migration from mainland China in the 17th century brought Min Chinese languages, followed by Mandarin Chinese af...
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Screenshot from YouTube video, '63yrs Oluman marries 12 years Kid in Ghana, People are Furious!’ by ONE GHANA TV. Fair use. On Saturday, March 30, videos of the marriage ceremony between 16-year-old Naa Okromo and 63-year-old traditional priest Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII circulated on social media, sparking debates and outrage among Ghanaians. Many Ghanaians who voiced their concerns on social media expressed distress about this marriage, saying that it infringed on the rights of the young girl. One user on YouTube commented: They say that marriage under 18yrs is prohibited. Then arrest...
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Mohammed at the site of his destroyed lab in May 2021. It was bombed in an Israeli strike, destroying with it his years of patient work in medical innovations. Photo provided by Mohammed, used with permission. I met Mohammad in 2018 while interning at a digital fabrication lab in Amman, Jordan. It was late afternoon, and the lab was almost deserted. Two men were playfully experimenting with the laser cutter, trying to figure out how it worked while sharing a moment of fun. Intrigued, I approached them to see if they needed any help figuring it out. They seemed to have navigated their way aroun...
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Alex Kisioi tuned to Sogoot FM radio and seated under a tree, meters away from Mariashoni centre, Molo Nakuru County, Kenya. Photo by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was originally published by Minority Africa and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing partnership agreement. Standing out within the Mau Forest complex, in a forested area approximately 210 kilometers (130 miles) west of Nairobi, Kenya, is an over-18-meter (60-foot) steel radio mast with an aviation light on top. Inching closer, a wooden fence intertwined with wire mesh se...
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The author's four-generation land and home were destroyed by Israeli F16 rockets in January, reducing it to rubble. Photo provided by the author, used with permission. On January 12, a message arrived from my sister in Gaza, bearing the devastating news: our parents’ home, a sanctuary of memories, had been razed by Israeli F16 rockets, reducing our beloved home to rubble. This is no ordinary house. Within its walls, I took my first uncertain steps, and my laughter and tears echoed through its very foundations. It was sacred ground, where I grew up alongside my beloved siblings, cocooned in a w...
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