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The global Land Back movement is a collective and deeply rooted effort by Indigenous communities to reclaim ancestral lands that were taken through colonization, forced removal, and broken treaties. Far beyond a call for restitution, Land Back is about restoring sovereignty, cultural revitalization, and environmental stewardship. It is a continuous and evolving struggle to reassert Indigenous rights and reaffirm the sacred, reciprocal relationship between people and the land—a relationship that has sustained ecosystems for millennia.

Global news on the topic of Indigenous rights. In this edition news from USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Morocco, Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Nicaragua.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Music 'Burn your village to the ground' by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.

States should ensure that Indigenous Peoples have equal access to high quality education which recognises their cultural diversity, and to social and economic programmes around housing, water, and sanitation.

This series of 24 PSAs is based on the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, which took place in September of 2014 in New York. The PSAs highlight specific passages of the Outcome Document in an effort to inform audiences of exactly what the document contains and encourage action.

Los estados deberían asegurar que Los Pueblos Indígenas tienen acceso igual a educación de calidad alta que reconoce su diversidad cultural, y a programes económicas y sociales acercan de alojamiento, agua, y sanitación.

Esta serie de 24 anuncios de servicio público está basada en el documento final de la Conferencia Mundial sobre los Pueblos Indígenas, que tuvo lugar en septiembre de 2014 en Nueva York. Los anuncios subrayan pasajes específicos del texto del documento final para informar audiencias de precisamente lo que contiene el documento y  para fomentar acción. 

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Bolivia tiene un presidente Indígena, Evo Morales, y ahora el país ha logrado muchos éxitos sobre los derechos de Pueblos Indígenas. Esta es una entrevista con Rodolfo, un lider indígena de Bolivia, sobre los beneficios de la lucha para proteger derechos de Pueblos Indígenas en bolivia, incluye derechos de educación Indígena, con su propia estructura y su propia forma educativa, y derecho a enseñar el idioma local Indígena al lado de otras idiomas. 

Una comunicado de prensa de Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas  sobre los Derechos de Pueblos Indigenas sobre la situación de conflicto violento en Ecuador de Agosto 2015.  El paro fue convocado por organizaciones indigenas para reconocimiento de sus demandas sobre una Ley de Tierras, Educación Bilingue, entre otras.  Ms.

Nina Cass, of New South Wales, Australia, discusses her work with Madala, a youth organization that helps Indigenous young people go to school as well as the issues facing the Indigenous Peoples in Australia such as the promotion of culture, relocation, discrimination, suicide, etc. and how she can help in her role. 

Terra Madre means "Mother Earth" in Latin. The theme of the Indigenous Terra Madre conference was to celebrate the bio and cultural diversity that is the asset of Indigenous communities. The aim of this gathering is to share ideas, to come together, and be inspired or be warned, and to make people aware that our local food systems. It also seeks to build awareness that "the way we cooked in the past, and the wild plants around us are more important for our health than all the medicines we take.